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WERNER MANNAERS
CONVULSIVE BEAUTY

Exhibition

WERNER MANNAERS
CONVULSIVE BEAUTY

Born in Schoten (Belgium) in 1954, Mannaers lives and works in Antwerp. His paintings are combined with texts in which he usually includes philosophical and other quotations and references to outstanding artists of the 20th century. Popular culture is very present in his work, which is based on personal references, with characteristic touches of humour and a unique combination of the banal and the extraordinary. ‘My art is capricious, spontaneous, not serious, but at the same time tremendously sincere (…).

From: 27.03.2019

To: 30.06.2019

From Monday to Saturday: From 10:00 to 18:00 Sundays: 10:00 to 15:00

Crucero superior del hospital de Santa Cruz

My work is restless, provocative and self-critical’, he has affirmed. In 2008 he exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent. In 2014 and 2016 he showed his work in the Roberto Polo Gallery (Brussels). In 2016 he participated in Painting After Postmodernism. Belgium-USA, curated by Barbara Rose, at the Vanderborght in Brussels, the Episcopal Palace in Malaga and the Reggia di Caserta. His projects include the publication of the book Love Letters, paintings made by the artist over the years, love letters to Natacha, his muse, in gouache on paper. Each piece, as usual with Mannaers, refers to other creators, among them Picasso and Miró, the modern masters he most admires. The exhibition consisted of some 60 canvases and some 100 drawings.