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Constructive Currents:Three Artists from Berlin
A Dialogue Across Time and Medium
Curated by Louis Buysse
Buysse Gallery is pleased to present Constructive Currents: A Dialogue Across Time and Medium, an exhibition that reimagines the enduring principles of Constructivism—order, materiality, and abstraction—through the lens of the post-industrial and digital age. Featuring works by Gregor Hildebrandt, Gerold Miller and Anselm Reyle, this show examines the interplay between technology, history, and artistic innovation, positioning Constructivism not as a historical relic but as a living framework that continues to evolve in response to contemporary conditions.
Constructivism emerged in the early 20th century as a radical departure from tradition, celebrating the union of art and industry. Its bold embrace of materiality and structure sought to harmonize human creativity with the machinery of modernity. Constructive Currents carries this legacy forward, navigating the space between the physical and the virtual, the tangible and the ephemeral. The exhibition invites viewers to engage with art that challenges and reframes their perception of materiality in an age dominated by immaterial digital systems.
At the heart of this exploration are three artists whose practices resonate with the core tenets of Constructivism, while pushing its boundaries into the present.
Anselm Reyle explores the dynamic interplay between surface and depth, crafting works that engage light and material to disorient and seduce the viewer. His use of reflective foil, neon, and mirror captures the energy of early Modernist movements while situating it firmly in the now. Reyle’s art operates as a living environment, constantly shifting with the viewer’s gaze and embodying the duality of perception in a digitalized world.
Gregor Hildebrandt transforms obsolete analog technologies—cassette tapes, vinyl records, VHS films—into layered visual narratives. His works are both elegiac and forward-looking, embedding the residues of memory and sound into compositions that evoke a sense of nostalgia while interrogating the fleeting nature of technological progress. Hildebrandt’s art reminds us that even as mediums fade into obsolescence, their physical remnants retain the power to shape and inform the present.
Gerold Miller offers a precise, geometric minimalism that investigates the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Employing industrial materials such as aluminum and lacquer, Miller’s works create spaces that are at once serene and confrontational. They reflect the algorithmic precision of digital frameworks, inviting the viewer to reconsider how space and order are constructed in an increasingly mediated reality.
Knokke, with its unique confluence of history and modernity, serves as an evocative backdrop for this exhibition. The Belgian coastal town, defined by its architectural interventions along the shoreline—symbolized by the Atlantic Wall—offers a metaphor for the collision of natural forces and human constructs. As a site of both leisure and layered historical narratives, Knokke amplifies the themes of Constructive Currents, situating the exhibition within a broader context of cultural and geographic significance.
At its core, Constructive Currents is a meditation on the persistence of materiality in a world where the digital increasingly displaces the physical. It grapples with urgent questions: How does material art retain relevance in an age of algorithms and virtuality? What becomes of abstraction in the face of automation? How do artists navigate the dissolution of boundaries between analog and digital, past and future, presence and absence?
This exhibition is not a passive reflection but an active dialogue. It challenges viewers to engage with the currents of artistic thought that flow across time, medium, and context. By reframing the principles of Constructivism for the 21st century, Constructive Currents underscores Buysse Gallery’s commitment to fostering intellectual rigor and visual resonance.
In a moment defined by rapid transformation, this exhibition stands as both a provocation and an invitation—a space where history converges with possibility, and art reveals the ever-shifting contours of our shared world. Constructive Currents is not just an exhibition; it is a movement, a pulse, a current that carries us forward.
Practical Information
Exhibition Dates: February 8, 2025 - April 6, 2025
Location: Buysse Gallery, Knokke
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