CIAP
Lombaardstraat 23
3500 Hasselt
Belgium
info@ciap.be
www.ciap.be
CIAP is an independent association for contemporary art. CIAP was founded in 1976 and its operating methods are very comparable to the German model of the Kunstverein, a model that is not well known in Flanders. CIAP aims to respond to the local art scene in a 2-way direction, on the one hand by presenting from within the local context towards a larger (eu)regional public and on the other hand by boosting the local artists, art-professionals and public by showing innovative international artistic developments.
Aline Bouvy (Brussels, 1974) questions through a multidisciplinary approach, issues related to the dysfunctions in contemporary society and how these affect the human condition. Her works are in constant negotiation with the norms that unconsciously model our desires and which dictate us what is morally and aesthetically acceptable. From this perspective she tries, not to put herself on the fringes of society, but rather to integrate in her work these elements/residues, considered from a moral point of view as "dirty" or aesthetically "ugly", liberated from any categorization. Disruptive elements pop up in her narratives in order to offer to the repressed a space to unwind.
Dan Walwin's (Frome, 1986) works pay acute and visceral attention to details and detritus, channelled and contained inside hybrid and potentially uncomfortably ill-fitting forms. These evoke associations with pop culture, scientific research and speculative fiction, while employing scale and imitation as means to structure the atmosphere of a viewer’s encounter with the work.
CIAP brings you to the SKULPTUR PROJEKTE 5 in Münster and the DOCUMENTA 14 in Kassel. More information on how to submit here.