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Sais Cortebeeck, Photography
Sais (°1987) studied photography at Sint Lukas, Brussels. In her portraits, she tries to escape from reality. Trough turbid but dynamic portraits she tries to capture the volatility of daily life. Thereby she is always in search of the frequently unnoticed beauty of common objects in our everyday surroundings.
Sais is nominated for the Photo Academy Awards (TPAA) 2009.
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Tania Rens, Oil painting on canvas
Tania Rens returns to the tradition of the painted portrait but she does this in her own special contemporary way. Starting from photography, she digitaly transforms the image with respect for the elementary and schematic structure of the face. She then transposes this to paintings. Although the recognition of the portrait is not lost, it is hidden in a dubious perception of shades and shapes.
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In her most recent project, Tania Rens cooperates with her daughter, photographer Sais Cortebeeck. Trough multiple exposures on large format film, unique images are formed by one artist of the other. The different superpositioned poses and the unscharpness of the moving model create an abstraction of reality. At one side, there is the harshness of the Black and White process, on the other side there is the softness of haze and movement. To further stress this ambiguity, words and numbers are added to the images that like search keywords refer to the title of the work and also to the immense universe extending outside the print that even can't be captured by Internet search engines. Out of these works of her daughter, Tania selects some details that she transforms in her own style to painted self portraits. In the project, there is a symbiosis of 2 artforms: photography and painting, but also the interaction between mother and daughter. The result is a unique series of works that can't leave the spectator untouched.
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Tania Rens
Solo exhibitions:
1993 Galerie Contact J. Antwerpen.
1995 Ten Huize Van Luc Boudens, Antwerpen, met René S.
Galerie B1, Antwerpen.
1996 Galerie B1, Antwerpen, met Roger Pelgrims.
1997 Galerie De Griffioen, St. Pauwels, met Sonja Nys.
1998 "Vill'art", Aartselaar, met René S.
Zoo van Antwerpen met René S. (Inleiding: Luc Tuymans).
1999 Koninklijk Atheneum, Brasschaat, workshop rond eigen werk.
2000 Ten Huize van J.E.Driessens, Antwerpen, met René S.
2001 Koninklijk Atheneum, Turnhout, workshop rond eigen werk.
Ten Huize van Jef Meert, Antwerpen, met René S.
Henk Pijnenburg, Eindhoven.
2002 Roger Vandaele Edities, Antwerpen, met René S.
Roger Vandaele Edities, Antwerpen, met Lucienne Stassaert.
2003 Galerie Den Boom, Antwerpen.
2006 Galerie Martin van Blerck, Antwerpen.
2007 Bedrijvencentrum Taminiau, Eindhoven
Galerie Mineta Move, Brussel, R&R 52°N
Group Exhibitions:
1985 Galerie d'Anspach, Brussel, "Bank der Kunsten".
1987 Galerie Louisa, Mechelen.
Galerie De Griffioen, Brecht.
1988 Amnesty International, Essen, "Senegal".
St. Bernardusabdij, Hemiksem, "Verdwenen Aarde".
1993 Schip "de Liomar", Antwerpen, "Matasyll".
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Antwerpen, "Sarajevo".
1995 Galerie B1 Antwerpen, "Brood- en Deegsculpturen".
Galerie Emile Verhaeren, Knokke.
1996 Galerie B1, Antwerpen, "n'Art'cisme".
1997 Galerie B1, Antwerpen, "o.B.c.1".
1999 "Rest" organisatie, Antwerpen, in life-style winkel Fish & Chips.
2000 Renault, Antwerpen, "Art in Car".
2002 Galerie Studio Ogetto, Le Byron, Brussel, Milaan.
2006 Bedrijvencentrum Taminiau, Antwerpen, "R&R 52°N"
2009 "Dialoog 92", Toulouse, Frankrijk "Facial scapes"
Projects & Performances
1996 Performance 1, Antwerpen, "Meir-Walking", (19de eeuws) samen met René S.
1997 Performance 2, Antwerpen, "Meir-Walking", naakt gaan shoppen samen met René S.
1998 Performance, Renault Antwerpen, "Table à l'Anvers" samen met René S.
2003 Filmproject, Boek 4, regie van experimentele "bewegings"film naar scenario van Ludo Mich.
Performance 1 "Boek 4", samen met Ludo Mich in voetgangerstunnel, Antwerpen.
Performance 2 "Boek 4", samen met Ludo Mich, in het kader van Filmfestival, Antwerpen
Ruimte "Le Cercle", Antwerpen, expo van 'stills' van de film "Boek 4".
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