Zeno X Gallery, Antwerpen is hosting the works of Belgian artist Raoul De Keyser (1930 – 2012) in a retrospective titled ‘Tegendraads,’ on view through February 25, 2017.Raoul De Keyser’s early paintings from the sixties can be seen as exponents of the ‘Nieuwe Visie’ (New Vision), in which impressions of everyday surroundings are translated through a simplified figuration. Objects like a garden hose, soccer stocking or door handle appear repeatedly in the works and are used by De Keyser to conduct research on line, surface and color. De Keyser consciously chose the quieter and intimate imagery of the Flemish village — with or without the new signs of modernity. The artist, however, was not only influenced by figurative painting, but also by the American post-war abstraction such as Post-painterly Abstraction, Color Field and Hard-edge painting. Between 1966 and 1971, he created a variety of wooden frames onto which a canvas was stretched and then painted on, called Linnen Dozen (Linen Boxes). The work Linnen Doos II (Linen Box II) (1966-1967), being shown in the ongoing exhibition, has not been exhibited since 1970. During the 1970s, De Keyser took the process of painting in itself as the subject in his oeuvre. His later works are characterized by new subjects, greater spatial and painterly/technical complexity and a more exuberant use of color.The exhibition is on view at Zeno X Gallery, Godtsstraat 15, 2140 Antwerpen Borgerhout, BelgiumFor details, visit: http://www.zeno-x.com Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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