| DIRK BRAECKMAN
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1958, Eeklo (Belgium) |
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Braeckman starts his artistic career as a photographer of portraits and self-portraits. Later, he chooses subjects of abandoned spaces and deserted rooms, body parts, surfaces of desks, walls, beds, etc for his black-and-white photos. Fragments are enlarged and take up the dimension of an all-embracing still life. With vague contours, the enlarged detail aims at catching a pure and essential, universal and anonymous image. By direct attention for the detail, the miniscule is elevated to auratic dimensions of the icon. The pictures are diaphanous yet suggestive: one recognises a personal narrative behind the large, unframed, black and white, but mainly grey photos. Braeckman
had a solo exhibition “z.Z(t)” at SMAK, Ghent in 2001. The
Royal Family of Belgium commissioned the artist in 2002 for a permanent
installation in the Sphinx Room of the palace in Brussels. He exposed
work at “Beaufort 2003: Triënnale voor Hedendaagse Kunst aan
Zee” at PMMK in Oostende. In 2004, Braeckman had a solo exhibition
at de Pont Foundation in Tilburg. In 2006 his work was included in the
group show 'clickdoubleclick', which travelled to Munich (DE) and Brussels
(BE), and in 'DARK' at Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam (NL).
Last year Braeckman had a solo show in Athens (GR) and this year he will present his works for the first time in New York, NY (US). |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2008 | "Dirk Braeckman", Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (US), (February 21 - March 22) |
| 2007 | Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens (GR), (March 1 - April 3) |
2005 |
Zeno
X Storage, Antwerp (BE), (March 18 - April 23) |
2004 |
"Additional
Photos", De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg (NL), (January
17 - May 16) |
2003 |
Antwerp
Academic Hospital (BE )- entrance: permanent installation |
"z.Z(t)",
Espace Vox, Centre de diffusion de la photographie, Montréal (CN),
( 13 February - 6 April) |
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2002 |
"Dirk
Braeckman", Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens (GR), (October 3 -
November 7) |
Royal
Palace Brussels (BE )- Sphinx Room: permanent installation |
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2001 |
"z.Z(t).",
SMAK, Ghent (BE), (August 18 - November 18) |
"z.Z
(t) II", Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE), ( April 12 - May 26) |
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2000 |
FIAC,
presented by Galerie Le Réverbère, Paris (FR), ( October
24 - October 30) |
Maison
de la Culture de Namur, Nameur (BE) |
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1999 |
"z.Z(t).",
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (BE) |
Poëtarium
van Rhok, Brussels (BE) |
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1997 |
Sint-Lukasgalerij,
Brussels (BE) |
Universidad
de Salamanca, Salamanca (ES) |
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Belgium
Flanders Museum / International House, Osaka (JP) |
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Galerie
Patrick De Brock, Knokke (BE) |
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Kunsthal,
Rotterdam (NL) |
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1996 |
Galerie
Patrick de Brock, Knokke (BE) |
Galerie
Le Réverbère 2, Lyon (FR) |
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1995 |
Vereniging
voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (BE) |
Tour
de Paris, Villeneuve sur Lot (FR) |
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1993 |
Galerie
S & H De Buck, Ghent (BE) |
Espace
photographique Contretype, Hôtel Hannon, Brussels (BE) |
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1992 |
Galerie
Le Réverbère 2, Lyon (FR) |
Galerie
L.A., Frankfurt (DE) |
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1991 |
Galerie
S & H De Buck, Ghent (BE) |
1990 |
Espace
photographique Contrtype, Hôtel Hannon, Brussels (BE) |
Galerie
DB-S, Antwerp (BE) |
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Galeria
Forum, Tarragona (ES) |
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1989 |
Maison
de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal (CN) |
Studio
666 (Mois de la photo), Paris (FR) |
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Cultureel
Centrum, Hasselt (BE) |
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1988 |
Espace
photographique Contretype, Brussels (BE) |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2008 |
"Zerbrechliche Schönheit (Worlds of Glass)", Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf (DE), (April 18 - August 3) |
| "Palazzio Existencia", x=10, Komijnstraat 3, Gent (BE), (February 16 - February 20) | |
| "The Hands of Art", S.M.A.K., Gent (BE), (January 28 - March 16) | |
| 2007 | "New Collection", Stedelijk Museum, Lier (BE), (December 1, 2007 - March 2, 2008) |
| "Hedendaagse fotografie uit de collectie van de provincie Oost-Vlaanderen", Bank van de Arbeid, Gent (BE), (November 30 - December 22) | |
| "A Story of the Image: Visual Art as Visual Culture", Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore (SG), (Novebmer 29, 2007 - January 2008) | |
| "Gallery Artists", Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (BE), (September 12 - October 6) | |
| "Een verhaal van het Beeld", MuHKA, Antwerp (BE), (June 1 - August 19) | |
| "Speeltijd", Koninklijk Atheneum, Berchem (BE), (March 31 - April 15) | |
| "Artists of the gallery", Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (BE), (March 16 - April 14) | |
| "Eclipse: Exploding Cinema, International Filmfestival Rotterdam 2007", RAM Gallery, Rotterdam (NL), (January 25 - February 18) | |
| "Works on paper", Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (BE), (January 17 - February 17) | |
| 2006 | "Genre Humain", Espace Photographique Contretype, Brussels (BE), (November 7 - January 14, 2007) |
| "25 years Zeno X Gallery", Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (BE), (October 17 - December 2) | |
"MUTE",
Hofstraat 2, Antwerp (BE), (September 24 - October 8) |
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| "Room with a view: De Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie", Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (NL), (September 23 - December 17) | |
"Sisyphe",
MAC's musée des arts contemporains, Grand-Hornu (BE), (September
17 - January 14, 2007) |
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"in
flagranti I", Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund (DE), (September 29
- November 12) |
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"Click
Double Click", Paleis voor Schone Kunsten (Bozar), Brussels (BE),
(June 25 - September 3) (cat) |
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"Extremities.
Flemish art in Vladivostok", Museum Artetage, Vladivostok (RU), (May
26 - July 2) |
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"DARK",
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL), (February 18 - April 16) |
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"Click
Double Click", Haus der Kunst, München (DE), (February 8 - April
23) (cat) |
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"Expo
Persévérance", Het Godshuis, Sint-Laureins (BE), (March
24 - April 21) |
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"Ecarts
& Traces", Espace le Carré, Lille (FR), (January 20 -
March 12) |
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"Het
archief van de verbeelding: De constructie van de ander", BOZAR Paleis
voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (BE), (January 19 - March 12) (cat.) |
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2005 |
"Collectiepresentatie
XIII - LUZ", MuHKA, Antwerp (BE), (November 25, 2005 - February 12,
2006) |
"Delicious...",
Sint-Truiden (BE), (August 21 - October 30) (cat.) |
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"Slow
Art: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlandent",
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE), (July 16 - November 6) |
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"Contemporaneity:
Dirk Braeckman - William Verstraeten", Revolution 100.000.000etc
Gallery, Middelburg (NL), (June 5 - July 5) |
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"Werken
uit de collectie & Dirk Braeckman", Modern Chinese Art Foundation,
Ghent (BE), (April - June) |
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2004 |
"Man
and Earth - Haïfa Triennale", Haïfa Museum of Art, Haïfa
(IL), (May) |
"The
Nude: Ideal and Reality", Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna (IT) |
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"De
donkere camera: Michaël Ackerman, Dirk Braeckman en Awoiska van der
Molen", Fotomuseum, Den Haag (NL) |
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2003 |
"+
/ - 5, 10, 15, 20, 20 years of a collection", Le Plateau - Fonds
Régional d'Art Contemporain d'Iles-de-France, Paris (FR), (December
11 - February 22 2004) |
"Opzij
van het kijken", poëzie- & beeldende kunstzomer Watou (BE),
(July 5 - September 7) |
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"Gelijk
het leven is", 50 jaar Belgische en Internationale kunst uit de collectie",
S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE), (June 28 - September 14) |
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"Le
Pire est à venier - Images contemporaines du monde: selection du
musée Niépce", Musée Nicéphore Niépce,
Chalo-sur-Saône (FR) |
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"Beaufort
2003: Triënnale voor hedendaagse kunst aan zee", PMMK, Oostende
(BE), (April 5 - September 28), (cat) |
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"The
Ambiguity of the Image", Art Athinai, Anthens (GR), (March 27 - March
31), (cat) |
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"Slow
/ Down", MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam (NL), (March 14 - April 20) |
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A-Prior:
Benefiet, MuHKA, Antwerp (BE), (February 28 - March 2) |
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2002 |
"Ik
of een ander - zelfportretten van Belgische kunstenaars", Passage
44, Brussels (BE), (September 20 - January 26 2003) |
"Richard
Venlet/Paramount basics (extended) with works of Dirk Braeckman, Manon
de Boer and others", MUHKA, Antwerp (BE), (September 21- November
24) |
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"Blend
- Actuele fotografie in België", Caermersklooster, Ghent (BE),
(June 1 - June 30) |
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"Le
plat pays", Ecole Supérieure d'art, Perpignan (FR), (January
17 - March 6) |
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2001 |
"20
ans de Galerie. Hommage aux collections particulières (199&
- 2001), Galerie Le Réverbère 2, Lyons (FR) |
"Access
Code 121", Kaaitheater, Brussels (BE) |
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"Het
oorkussen van de melancholie", Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent
(BE) |
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"Belgian
System", Espace 251 Nord, Tour & Taxis, Brussels (BE), (September
16 - October 28) |
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"Silhouettes
'N' Shadows", Fundament, Wilhelminakwartier, Tilburg (NL), (September
1 - October 28) |
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2000 |
"Dust
and dirt", De Witte Zaal, Ghent (BE) |
"Dirk
Braeckman & Marc Trivier", Centre Culturel de Namur, Namur (BE) |
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"Brussels
by Light", KBC Galerij, Brussels (BE), (February 4 - March 26), (cat) |
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"Shadows",
Galerie Carousel, Paris (FR), (December 16 - January 27 2001) |
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"Attraction",
Fundacio Rafael Tous d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES) |
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"Ons
Huis.Actuele kunst in Sint-Camillus", N.P.K Sint-Camillus, N.P.K.
Sint-Camillus, Waasmunster (BE), (December 17 - December 19) |
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"10
paar. Kunst uit Estland en Vlaanderen", Hoeve Vandewalle, Kuurne
(BE), (September 2 - October 1), (cat) |
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"Gloom",
The Living Room, Amsterdam (NL), (September 8 - October 5) |
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"Weldra
in uw stad. Geen tijd", Fl. Van Cauwenberghstraat 19 (parkeergarage),
Lier (BE), (September 10 - October 8) |
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"België
- Holland. Voetbalcultuur in de Lage landen", Kunstcentrum Oud Sint-Jan,
Brugge (BE), (May 20 - July 2) |
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"Metro>Polis",
Brussels 2000, Brussels (BE.), (October 15 - November 19) |
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"Over
the Edges. De hoeken van Gent", SMAK, Ghent (BE), (April 1 - April
30) |
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1999 |
"S.M.A.K.
- KRACHT", Witte Zaal, Sint-Lucas, Ghent (BE) |
"Interference
- Locations in Memory and Time", Fri-Art Centre d'Art Contemporain,
Fribourg (FR); Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg (DE); Limerick City Gallery of
Art, Limerick (UK) |
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"Une
histoire parmi d'autres: collection de Michel Poitevin", FRAC, Nord-Pas
de Calais, Dunkirk(FR) |
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Galerie
Patrick De Brock, Knokke (BE) |
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Rhok
Gallery, Brussels (BE) |
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"De
Opening", S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE), (cat) |
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"Snowball
2", Gallerie Ulrich Friedler, Cologne (DE), (cat) |
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"Melbourne
International Biennal", Belgian Pavillion, Melbourne (AU), (cat) |
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"La
Consolation. A selection of art pieces from the Flemish Collection",
Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble (RF), (cat) |
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"Collection
FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais. A Choice", BBL, Courtrai (BE), (cat) |
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"Group
exhibition with Dirk Braeckman / Carla Klein / Miguel Rio Branco / Maria
Serebriakova / Johannes Kahrs", Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE), (28
May - 3 July) |
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"Trattenendosi",
Venice Biennale, Zitelle (IT) |
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"Transference.
Locations in Memory and Time", Gallery Photohof, Salzburg (AT) |
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Galerie
Otok, Dubrovnik (HR) |
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"Solo
Quint", A.Z. Sint-Blasius, Dendermonde (BE) |
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"Dirk
Braeckman / Marlene Dumas / Johannes Kahrs / Mark Manders / Avery Preesman
/ Luc Tuymans / AMVK", Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE), (2 December
- 22 January 2000) |
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1998 |
Galerie
Rodolphe Janssens, Brussels (BE) |
"Altered
States", Festival a/d werf, Utrecht (NL), (cat.) |
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"Dirk
Braeckman / Danny Devos / Ria Pacquée / Thomas Ruff", Galerie
Fortlaan 17, Ghent (BE) |
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1997 |
Galerie
du Château d'eau, Toulouse (FR) |
"Thomas
Ruff / Carl De Keyzer / Dirk Braeckman", Het Punt, Roeselare (BE) |
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"Terreny
Adobat. Fotografia de Flandes", Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
(ES) |
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"Le
photographe et son modèle", Bibliothèque National de
France, Tolbiac, Paris (FR) |
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"Vous
êtes ici", Oh- Stichting Kunstbevordering, Brussels (BE) |
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"Loplop/re/presents:
The im/pulse to see. Max Ernst in beeld", Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,
Rotterdam (NL) |
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"Mais
pour vivre, il faut...", Musée Nicéphore Niépce,
Chalon-sur-Saône (FR) |
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"En
Collection", Sint-Lucasgalerij, Ghent (BE), (cat) |
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"Axis",
Yogyakarta, Jakarta (SG)) |
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1996 |
"The
European Face Exhibition", Copenhague (DN) |
"L'avant-Musée
(Mois de la Photo), Le Réverbère 2 : 15 ans de réflexion",
Paris (FR) |
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"Fotografische
momenten", Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (BE) |
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"Contretype",
Glacière de St.-Gilles, Brussels (BE) |
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1995 |
"The
European Face", Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh (UK) |
"Photographie
et cinéma", Printems de Cahors |
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"Accrochage",
Galerie Le Réverbère 2, Lyons (FR) |
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"Face
à face", Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault
(FR) |
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"Afspiegelingen",
Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Rijkhoven-Bilzen (BE) |
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1994 |
"La
matière l'ombre, la fiction (mois de la photo)", Bibliothèque
National de France, Paris (FR) |
1993 |
"Contemporary
Belgian Photography", Gallery Philippe Staib / Art Wall+B, New York
(US) |
"Europese
oefeningen", Galerie DB-S, Antwerp (BE), (cat) |
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"Jonge
Helden", Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp (BE), (cat) |
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"Photographie
en Belgique de 1839 à nos jours", Musée de la photographie,
Charleroi (BE), (cat) |
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1992 |
Département
Culturel de Bayer, Leverkussen (DE) |
"L'Echappe
européenne (mois de la photo)", Pavillion des Arts, Paris
(FR) |
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"A
l'image de rien (mois de la photo)", Epernay, Reims (FR), (cat) |
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"Synergie
92", Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (BE) |
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"3
x Fotografie", Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg (NL), (cat) |
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"3
x Fotografie", CC. De Werf, Aalst (BE), (cat) |
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"3
x Fotografie", CC. Benedengal, Kortrijk (BE), (cat) |
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"Het
fotografische portret", Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp (BE) |
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"Iemand,
niemand en honderdduizend. Het portret in vraag", ICC, Antwerp (BE) |
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1991 |
"La
photographie belges des origines à nos jours", Centre National
de la photographie, Pais de Tokyo, Paris (FR) |
"Photobiographies.Deuil
et mémoire", Maison de la Culture, Namur (BE) |
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1990 |
"Trans.Europe.Off.Art",
Fotogalerie, Vienna (AT) |
"Junge
Europäische Fotografen", Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE) |
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"Le
sens du format", Maison de la culture, Namur (BE) |
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1989 |
Bruce
Vellick Gallery, San Francisco (US) |
"Festival
Photo", Galerie St.-Leonard, Liège (BE) |
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"Mise-en-scène",
Museum voor fotografie, Antwerp (BE), (cat) |
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"Belgian
Contemporary Photography", Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York (US) |
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"Het
Portret (Fotofestival)", Canon Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) |
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"Clichés
- Le choix des sens", La Botanique, Brussels (BE), (cat) |
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"Le
voir en liberté", Grand Angle, Voiron / Théatre d'Heronville,
Caen (FR) |
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Studio
666, Paris (FR) |
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Centre
de la Cultura Contemporania, Biennal de Barcelona, Barcelona (ES) |
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"European
Kodak Award", Arles (FR), (cat) |
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"Belgian
Kodak Award", Espace Galeria, Brussels (BE) |
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1988 |
"Géographies
humaines", Musée de la photographie, Charleroi (BE) |
1986 |
"Initiatief
'86", Galerie XYZ, Ghent (BE) |
"Jeune
Peinture Belge", Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (BE) |
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"Troisième
Triennale Internationale de la photographie", Palais des Beaux-Arts,
Charleroi (BE), (cat) |
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"Autorretrato,
Narcisimo o provocaciòn?", Foco, Circulo de Bellas Artes,
Madrid (ES) |
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"Journées
Internationales de la photographie", Hotel de ville, Montpellier
(FR), (cat) |
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"Junge
Europäische Fotografen", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
(DE) |
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"Mois
de la photo", Musée d'art Moderne, Liège (BE), (cat) |
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Galerie
Perspektief, Rotterdam (NL) |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2008 | Photo Art fotografie im 21.Jahrhundert Dumont, Köln (DE) |
| 2007 | JUBILEE - MuHKA 2007/1987/1967 MuHKA, Antwerp (BE) |
| 2006 | ClickDoubleClick:
The Documentary Factor Haus der Kunst, Munich (DE) - BOZAR, Brusseld (BE) |
| Dark Curated by Jan Grosfeld and Rein Wolfs, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL) |
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| Cultuurprijzen
Vlaanderen 2005 Flagey, Brussel (BE) |
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2005 |
Delicious... different locations in Sint-Truiden (BE) |
| Slow
Art: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlanden Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf (DE) |
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2004 |
The
Nude: Ideal and Reality. From the Invention of Photography to Today. Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna (IT) |
2003 |
Comme
des Garçons Edited by Comme des Garçons, September 2003 - February 2004 |
| Chiaroscuro
- Een opdracht van Koningin Paola voor het Koninklijk Paleis te Brussel Toohcsmi uitgevers, 2003 |
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| 2003
Beaufort - Triënnale voor Hedendaagse Kunst aan Zee PMMK Oostende, 2003 |
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| The
Ambiguity of the Image. Belgian Art Now. Art Athina 10'03, Helexpo Exhibition Centre, Athens |
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2002 |
A-Prior N-7 : Dirk Braeckman |
| Ik
of een Ander. Zelfportretten van Belgische Kunstenaars Dexia galerie, Passage 44 Brussels (BE) |
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| 10
Jaar Cultuurprijs K.U. Leuven, 1992 - 2002 Edited by K.U. Leuven, Cultuurcommissie Prof. W. Rombauts |
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2001 |
Beeldende
Kunst. Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap aanwinsten 1996/1997/1998 Edited by Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, text by Rudi Laermans / Bart Verschaffel |
| Dirk
Braeckman: z.Z.(t). Volume II Edited by Ludion, SMAK, Ghent (BE), (18 August - 18 November), text by Erik Eelbode |
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2000 |
Kinderspel.
Kindertekeningen / Actuele Kunst Waarschoot (BE), (4 - 26 November) |
| 10
paar. Kunst uit Estland en Vlaanderen Hoeve Vandewalle, Kuurne (BE), |
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| Over
the Edges SMAK, Ghent (BE) |
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1999 |
Trattenendosi Zittele (IT), text by Dirk Verbiest / Eva Wittocx |
1998 |
Dirk
Braeckman : z.Z.(t). Edited by Ludion, Ghent / Amsterdam |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Artothèque,
Annecy (FR) |
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Bibliothèque
nationale de France, Paris (FR) |
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Centre
National des Arts Plastiques, Paris (FR) |
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Centro
de Fotografia de la Universidad, Salamanca (ES) |
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De
Pont Foundation, Tilburg (NL) |
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Fondation
nationale d'art contemporain, Paris (FR) |
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FotoMuseum,
Antwerp (BE) |
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FRAC
Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkirk (FR) |
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FRAC
Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne (FR) |
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Haagse
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (NL) |
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MAC's
Grand Hornu, Hornu (BE) |
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Maison
Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (FR) |
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Musée
d'Art Contemporain et Moderne, Strasbourg (FR) |
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Musée
de la Photographie, Charleroi (BE) |
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Musée
de l'Elysée, Lausanne (FR) |
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Musée
Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône (FR) |
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Museum
of Contemporary Art (MuHKA), Antwerp (BE) |
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Provinciaal
Museum voor Moderne Kunst PMMK, Oostende (BE) |
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Royal
Palace, Brussels (BE) |
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Stedelijk
Museum voor Actuele Kunst S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE) |