At Art Antwerp 2024, KANT Gallery will present a dialogue between the ceramic sculptures by Steen Ipsen and the photographic monotypes by Joost Vandebrug. Both artists are interested in processes related to symmetry-breaking: a disordered but symmetric state that collapses into an ordered but less symmetric state. The departure points for both artists are handcrafted individual elements, such as Ipsen’s diverse ceramic formations and Vandebrug’s pigment transfers or silver-gelatin prints on traditional Japanese Barite cards. By reassembling and constructing these elements, each artist forges a new whole where aesthetics, composition, and artistic process embody a unique order and expression. Ipsen’s circular, elliptical and biomorphic shapes create complex and refined spatial structures, while Vandebrug’s poetic monotypes are fictive waterscapes and landscapes reshaped by recollection and memory. While differing in context, both practices reveal a systematic and conceptual approach combined with refined craftsmanship.

Artists shown at the fair: Steen Ipsen, Joost Vandebrug