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Artist Statement:
WORK OF ERIK PEVERNAGIE :
BRIDGING GAPS THROUGH ART
Art, by its creative power,
unleashes positive energy,
closer relations between
individuals and peoples.
Through art people meet and
get to know each other. By its
very nature, art is universal
and makes it easier to cross
frontiers and barriers. It
helps to forget alienations.
Herald Tribune wrote quite
rightly: " Bridging the gaps
between generations, social
strata and nationalities is a
tricky business. However Erik
Pevernagie may have hit upon a
workable formula to ease the
alienation. "
The paintings of Pevernagie
can be situated in this frame.
The main theme in his work is
man in his environment. The
painter scans people and
situations, juggles with
colours and provokes emotions.
In the first place Erik
Pevernagie wants to state his
alliance with society and the
world at large. He wants to
give evidence of the elements
which do strike him in daily
life. In order to stress this
evidence he uses slogans,
outcries, certain " truths "
in his paintings like
graffiti.
His characters are expecting,
looking forward, escaping, in
quest of alternatives.
Imagination is essential if we
want to save our lives.
The artist wants to give
evidence on many levels.
Reality is ...
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Artist Galleries:
MILA STOJANOVIC
Avenue de l'Héliport 32 7/A
1000 Brussels
JAN DRIESEN
Slangenstraat
LINDEN
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Artist Reviews:
* BENEZIT: DICTIONNAIRE DES
PEINTRES(Paris,France)
"Man" stands in the heart of
his work: man integrated in
his natural environment,
sometimes even absorbed by it.
On the other hand he seems to
deny it, as Pevernagie
introduces graffiti in his
paintings. So doing he gives
evidence of the solitude of...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Erik Pevernagie:
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1979 LEUVEN :MUSEUM P.Van Humbeeck-M.Piron
1996 BRUSSELS: RIC'S ART BOAT
1997 ANTWERP: HOLIDAY INN CROWNE PLAZA
1997 PARIS: SAINT-GERMAIN DES PRES HOLIDAY INN
1997 BERLIN: SAS ALEXANDERPLATZ
1998 DUSSELDORF: SAS Karl-Arnold Platz
1998 LIEGE : ABBAYE DU VAL SAINT-LAMBERT -Salon des '30
1999 AMSTERDAM: SAS RUSLAND
1999 NAMUR: PALAIS DES EXPOSITIONS -Biennale Art en Wallonie
2002 BRUSSELS: RIC'S ART BOAT
2002 LUCCA(Italy):MUSEUM GILARDI
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