NEL AERTS
(born 1987, Antwerp) focuses on an intermedial versus a (semi-)iconic way of handling materials and media. Furthermore, she observes how the position of the artist is represented by the world. In her drawings, paintings, performative videos and sculptural installations she questions how various media, artistic calling and the world relate, using a mix of tragedy, poetry, fiction, humor and art historical references. The caricatures
Aerts
presents in her work reflect on reality, and sometimes mock the role or expectations that are projected onto a young artist. They bear the consequences of contradictions: they drink, they are sad, lonely, timid, and on the other hand, they are also funny. (photo: Facebook event)
