Experiences and Sketches Ann Veronica Janssens
November 1—December 17, 2008

Experiences and Sketches Ann Veronica Janssens

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Experiences And Sketches Oct Dec2008 Exhibition Flyer Front Back
From back to front: Test pour le Théâtre National, 2002 (left) Table, neon tube, electrical equipment Scrub Colour II, 2002 (right) Single channel video, DVD, DVD-Player Duration: 5:30 minutes, loop Untitled, 1990-2002 (wall, right) Aluminium, plinth Cocktail Sculpture, 2008 (center, left) Glass, destilled water, paraffin oil, wooden pedestal Test E-LITE (digiflex), 2000 (center, right) Table, electric cables, fluorescent light The artist has transformed the gallery into a darkened laboratory. Her installations are test scenarios that can be experienced temporarily, leading the viewer's visual perception into a field of possible sculptures. The artist traces her own artistic production in terms of experience with the material. In this way, she documents her experiments and preliminary studies in approaches to space and light. Some works, in larger form, have already been part of other shows and projects. Photo © Carsten Eisfeld

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For her third exhibition at Esther Schipper, Ann Veronica Janssens has transformed the gallery into a darkened laboratory. Her installations are test scenarios that can be experienced temporarily, leading the viewer’s visual perception into a field of possible sculptures. In Experiences and Sketches—eleven models from the past ten years—Janssens traces her own artistic production in terms of experience with the material. In this way, she documents her experiments and preliminary studies in approaches to space...
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Ann Veronica Janssens

Ann Veronica Janssens was born in 1956 in Folkestone, England. She studied at L’École de la Cambre in Brussels. The artist lives and works in Brussels. Janssens’ work foregrounds the body’s perception...