Marie Zolamian, Antony Hudek and Vanessa Desclaux come together to discuss the artist’s new monograph, Le jardin sans soleil, published by Posture Editions.
Together, they reflect on their collaboration on this editorial project and on a selection of recent works featured in the publication and in the exhibition Confabulations, currently on view at WIELS.
The publication is available for purchase at the WIELS bookshop.
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Artistic coordinator at Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp), Antony Hudek has directed the Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum and served as curator for institutions such as Tate Liverpool and M HKA. As the former director of the Curatorial Studies program at KASK Gent, he also co-founded the publishing house Occasional Papers.
Curator, art critic, and professor at ENSA Dijon, Vanessa Desclaux holds a PhD in Curating from Goldsmiths University, London. Her curatorial and transdisciplinary practice articulates research and teaching. Vanessa Desclaux has worked in various art institutions (Tate Modern, Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MECA) and has collaborated, as an independent curator, on projects in various locations in France and Europe (De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam; If I Can’t Dance, Amsterdam; Bloomberg Space, London; La Galerie, art centre in Noisy-le-Sec; Frac Franche-Comté; CRAC Alsace; RMN-Grand Palais; Rencontres d'Arles).
Founded in 2011 in Gent by Nikolaas Demoen and Katrien Daemers, Posture Editions is an independent publishing house. Every book is conceived as a unique “paper location” welcoming a real printed exhibition. Every publication offers a unique visual essay, the result of a close collaboration with the artist on their studio practice.