Tom Van Puyvelde: Pop-up

Buysse Gallery presents a focused selection of works by Belgian artist Tom Van Puyvelde, hosted within the architectural framework of SUMUM’s pop-up concept in Knokke-Heist.

The presentation centers on Van Puyvelde’s Transience series, a body of work defined by layered material gestures, horizontal segmentation, and a subdued chromatic range. These compositions function as visual residues of the artist’s intuitive process, marking time, gesture, and accumulation. Shaped by repetition and reduction, they evoke a quiet physicality that resonates with SUMUM’s ethos of design: tactile, refined, and essential.

Rather than staging the work in a white-cube context, the exhibition unfolds within a space shaped by architectural hardware, suggesting an alternative model for experiencing contemporary painting, one that merges art and function, contemplation and context.

SUMUM is a Belgian design brand specializing in high-end architectural hardware; tailor-made switches, objects, and tactile elements that refine the built environment. Their philosophy blends technical innovation with visual restraint, offering pure, intelligent design solutions that honor the architectural integrity of a space.

By aligning artistic practice with spatial rhythm, this initiative bridges disciplines, connecting makers, intermediaries, and collectors through shared notions of materiality, precision, and presence.

Location:

Zoutelaan 13

8300 Knokke-Heist

Exhibition Dates:

4 until 30 September