Edith Dekyndt

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Edith Dekyndt (Ypres, 1960) is a visual artist.

Her work observes, identifies, and transforms the performative phenomenology of ordinary materials, objects, and gestures. [1] [2]

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She lives and works in Brussels and Berlin.

Work and career

Dekyndt established herself as an artist in the mid-1990s. Since then, she has become best known for working with everyday objects. These are typically forced into a transformation that leads to material transcendence, be it by means of chemical and physical reactions, or deceptively simple interactions with the human body. The documentation of such processes is essential to the work, which ranges across all sorts of media: video, photography, sound, installation, and performance. Dekyndt also channels in her art a myriad of influences, from literature, art history, philosophy, to science.

Dekyndt is represented internationally by industry-leading galleries: [3] Galerie Konrad Fischer and Karin Guenther in Germany, Greta Meert in Belgium, and Carl Freedman in the UK. [4]

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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Selected public collections

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Further reading

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References

  1. "Things Happen to Things" (PDF). Studio Edith Dekyndt. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. "The Black, The White, The Blue" (PDF). Studio Edith Dekyndt. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. "Edith Dekyndt – 73 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. "Contact – Edith Dekyndt". Edith Dekyndt - Artiste plasticienne. 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. 1 2 "Edith Dekyndt". Carl Freedman Gallery. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  6. "Edith Dekyndt". Carl Friedman Gallery. Retrieved 2021-10-11.