Black Box: Hans Op de Beeck

December 6, 2010 to March 27, 2011~
Black Box: Hans Op de Beeck
December 6, 2010 to March 27, 2011
The work of Hans Op de Beeck (Belgian, b. Turnhout, 1969) encompasses sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, photography, video animated film, and short story writing. In each chilly setting of Staging Silence, 2009, initial perceptions of the scene are disrupted by lighting effects and the intrusion of human hands that tinker with elements of the handmade scenery, which quickly transforms from the real to the surreal.

Op de Beeck's dreamlike black-and-white scenes evoke vintage film, taking on the playfulness of slapstick and the suspense of film noir. Drawn from his memories of archetypal spaces, the images are, according to the artist, "both ridiculous and serious, like the electic mix of pictures in people's minds." As each scenario unfolds, accompanied by Serge Lacroix's score, the artist's magical world induces a sense of wonder and poetry.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Black Box
• Staging Silence
• Hans Op de Beeck
• Hirshhorn exhibits
• sculpture
• painting
• drawing
• installation
• photography
• video animated film
• short story writing