![]() DETAIL Nº 1 ![]() "DESERT BLOOM" or "COSMETICA STEELE" A-B POLYURETHANE FOAM, SPRAY PU FOAM, FOAM BATTING, and TEXTILE 159 X 70 X 32 CM "COSMETICA STELLE" (backgroud) photo: Steven Decroos "BARBARA" (left); "ERSATZ GOOD" (far right) photo by: Els Verhaeghe "HORSESHOES AND HANDGRENADES" (foreground) TEXTILE, FOAM BATTING, WOOD, and ROPE 174 X 96 X 3 CM photo by: Steven Decroos ![]() DETAIL Nº 2 "JAMBI JOSS" TEXTILE, FOAM BATTING, WOOD, and ROPE 174 X 200 X 3 CM photo by: Els Verhaeghe ![]() DETAIL Nº 3 ![]() DETAIL Nº 4 "JEWEL SECRETS" or "ERSATZ GOOD" TEXTILE, FOAM BATTING, WOOD, and ROPE 174 X 115 X 3 CM ![]() DETAIL Nº 5 photo by: Els Verhaeghe "EL PRESIDENTE" TEXTILE, FOAM BATTING, WOOD, and ROPE 175 X 110 X 3 CM ![]() DETAIL Nº 6 "(MK) ULTRAVETTE" or "THE TRICKSTER" (foreground) SPRAY POLYURETHANE FOAM, FOAM BATTING, TEXTILE, and CARDBOARD 117 X 88 X 66 CM DETAIL Nº 7 photo by: Els Verhaeghe "THE BIRTH OF ARCHITECTURE" or "FLÜGELHEIM" SPRAY POLYURETHANE FOAM, FOAM BATTING, and TEXTILE 118 X 84 X 98 CM photo by: Steven Decroos "THE LABORER" or "MISCHLINGE MOTIF" TEXTILE, FOAM BATTING, WOOD, ROPE, and PAINT 102 X 155 X 3 CM photo by: Laure Cottin Stefanelli ![]() DETAIL Nº 8 ![]() "BARBARA" (foreground) and "MISCHLINGE MOTIF" (right) photo by: Quinten Buijsse photo by: Steven Decroos | "UNIVERSAL FOLKLORE" W/ FARAH ATASSI (PAINTINGS)CURATED BY ILSE ROOSENS @ THE PERMEKEMUSEUM JUNE 3 - OCTOBER 21, 2018 2D AND 3D SCULPTURES Like Constant Permeke’s, the works of Farah Atassi and Tramaine de Senna manifest a keen interest in folkloric motifs. The artists copy and mix the imagery of objects that are often situated in an ethnographic or design context, such as carpets, masks or toys. In the first half of the twentieth century, Permeke and several of his contemporaries adopted the forms of African masks and sculptures. They were motivated by a fascination with the aesthetic qualities of the objects. |