Guy Mees 1935-2003
° Mechelen, BE
+ Antwerp, BE
The works of Guy Mees not only break out of the frame, they break out of any possible
demarcation of an aesthetic experience, of the distinction between work and environment,
form and light. Mees broke open every obstruction and every preconception concerning the space where a painting begins and ends, and the intense, liberating coloured strips of paper that he assembled into movements, rhythms, bulges or furrows in a plane, are still among the highlights of contemporary art. Mees' work can be found in the collection of M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art (Antwerp), Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Mu.ZEE (Ostend), Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna), Museum M (Leuven), Roger Raveel Museum (Zulte), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), Vlaamse Gemeenschap, and Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven).
The estate of Guy Mees is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Daniel Marzona, and Gallery Ronny Van de Velde.
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Words are very Unnecessary
Group Exhibition 29 Mar - 4 May 2025 New South -
'It's all right, don't think twice'
Group exhibition 16 May - 16 Jun 2024 New South, South (former location)Titled after the Bob Dylan song, this double-exhibition which spans the two galleries of Sofie Van de Velde (South and New South), asks us to leave the matter behind us....Read more -
Eucalyptus
Guy Mees / Johanna von Monkiewitsch 30 Mar - 5 May 2024 South (former location)For the occasion of this duo exhibition 'Eucalyptus' with Guy Mees (b.1935, Mechelen – d. 2003, Antwerp), Johanna von Monkiewitsch (b.1979, Rome, lives and works in Cologne) made a selection...Read more -
Over ritme, motief en ruimte
Group exhibition 10 Apr - 9 May 2021 New SouthDaniel Buren, Willy De Sauter, Guy Mees, Charlotte Posenenske & Perry Roberts. Art is a story about encounters, a combination of specific qualities: head and heart, thoughts and feelings. Although...Read more -
Guy Mees
5 Sep - 11 Oct 2020 New South, South (former location)Solo exhibition of the Belgian artist Guy Mees Though slower than in the United States, the visual arts in Europe post-1945 were also fundamentally changing in terms of both status...Read more -
L'heure bleue Part I
Groupshow 9 Jun - 31 Jul 2020 New SouthL’Heure Bleue Gallery Sofie Van de Velde and PLUS - ONE Gallery present ‘L’Heure Bleue’. L’heure bleue is the moment when the sun has set, but the night has not...Read more -
Implicit Movement
Group exhibition 11 Jan - 1 Mar 2020 New SouthGroup exhibition with: William Anastasi Kirstin Arndt, John Beech, Monika Grzymala, Jochem Hendricks, Ann Veronica Janssens, Sandra Kranich, Axel Malik, Guy Mees, Hiroko Nakajima, Charlotte Posenenske, Franziska Reinbothe, Michael Reiter,...Read more -
The Bare Necessity
Group exhibition 16 Mar - 5 May 2019 New SouthCharlotte Posenenske, Willy De Sauter, and Guy Mees: three artists of the same generation, who found an artistic voice in the sixties, and defied the conventional attitudes of the art...Read more -
Looking at the world through rose colored glasses
Group exhibition 19 Jan - 3 Mar 2019 New SouthGermaine Kruip Sara Sizer Guy Mees Bendt Eyckermans Pieter Jennes Max Pinckers Charline Tyberghein Willy De Sauter Jacques-Louis Nyst Gommaar Gilliams Perry Roberts Catharina Dhaen Rik De Boe Ives Maes...Read more -
Interaction
Group exhibition 20 Oct - 25 Nov 2018 New South
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Miart 2025
4 - 6 Apr 2025At MilanRead more -
Art Brussels 2023
20 - 23 Apr 2023At Brussels Tour & TaxisRead more -
Art Basel 2022
Guy Mees 16 - 19 Jun 2022 -
Art Brussels 2019
'Figuration vs abstraction' 25 - 28 Apr 2019Tour & TaxisRead more -
Art Dusseldorf 2017
Group show 17 - 19 Nov 2017Art DusseldorfRead more
Solo exhibitions |
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2022 |
Art Basel, solo booth with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Basel, CH |
2020 |
'Le Plan Libre', curated by François Piron and Fatma Chérif, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, FR |
2018 |
'The Weather is Quiet, Cool and Soft - Guy Mees', Mu.Zee, Oostende, BE |
2017 |
David Zwirner, London, UK |
2016 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Brussels, BE |
2013 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
2012 |
'Lost Space', the Anyspace Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2007 |
Galerie Bernard Bouche, Paris, FR |
2002 |
'Guy Mees, een overzicht', MuHKA, Antwerp, BE |
2000 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
2000 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
1996 |
Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL |
1995 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
1993 |
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BE |
1990 |
Edition of four screenprints, Anny De Decker, Antwerp, BE |
1989 |
'Guy Mees 1989', edition by Marc Poirier, Antwerp, BE |
1988 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
1985 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
1984 |
Galerie Dam, Middelburg, NL |
1983 |
Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendagse Kunst Gent, Ghent, BE |
1982 |
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
1979 |
Galerie Michele Lachowsky, Brussels, BE |
1977 |
Galerie Orez Mobile, Den Haag, NL |
1974 |
MTL-Art in Project, Antwerp, BE |
1973 |
MTL, Brussels, BE |
1971 |
Galerie X-One, Antwerp, BE |
1970 |
Galerie X-One, Antwerp, BE |
1969 |
Galerie X-One, Antwerp, BE |
1968 |
Galerie Orez, Den Haag, NL |
1966 |
Galerie Ad Libitum, Antwerp, BE |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2024 |
'Eucalyptus', duo exhibition with Johanna von Monkiewitsch, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
2022 |
'Talking back to Ellsworth Kelly and Blinky Palermo: Guy Mees' cut-out horizon', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
2021 |
'Was machen Sie um zwei? Ich schlafe', GAK Bremen, Bremen, DE |
2020 |
'L'heure bleue', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE |
2019 |
'Leeway', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
2019 |
'The Bare Necessity', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
2018 |
'Interaction', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
2016 |
'B-Last', Mu.ZEE, Ostend, BE |
2015 |
'The Gap, an exhibition of selected abstract art from Belgium', Parasol Unit, London, UK |
2013 |
'Collectiepresentatie VI - winter 2003-2004', MuHKA, Antwerp, BE |
2012 |
'Looking back - A video selection from the Argos collection for Contour On Tour: Video art in the Flemish Parliament', Argos, Brussels, BE |
2011 |
'Guy Mees, deel 2', Mu.ZEE, Ostend, BE |
2010 |
'Stanley Brouwn / Francois Curlet / Jef Geys / Guy Mees / Michael Smith / Ann Veronica Janssens / Bernard Frize / Heimo Zobernig / Koenraad Dedobbeleer / Marthe Wéry', Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
2009 |
'T-Tris : Un « jeu » de construction entre les collections de la Province de Hainaut, du Muhka et du Mudam', B.P.S.22 - Espace de Création Contemporaine, Charleroi, BE |
2008 |
PMMK, Ostend, BE |
2007 |
'7', Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, BE |
2005 |
'Monopolis - Antwerpen', Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL |
2004 |
'Dear ICC - Aspects of contemporary art in Belgium 1970-1985', MuHKA, Antwerp, BE |
2002 |
'Exile on Main Street', N.I.C.C., Antwerp, BE |
2001 |
'Ici & maintenant / Hier & nu', Ancien Entrepot Royal Tour & Taxis (cur. by Laurent Jacob), Brussels, BE |
1999 |
'Tegenvleug/A rebrousse-poil', Kunstcentrum Sittard, NL |
1998 |
'Un siècle de collage en Belgique', Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière, BE |
1993 |
'Kunst in België na 1980 / L'art en Belgique depuis 1980', Musée d'Art Moderne, Brussels, BE |
1992 |
'Corners Filled With What Is Swept Into Corners', Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BE |
1988 |
'De Verzameling I', MuHKA, Antwerp, BE |
1984 |
'Video art in Belgium 1970-1977', SMAK, Ghent, BE |
1981 |
'Naar en in het landschap', ICC, Antwerp, BE |
1979 |
'The sixties - Art in Belgium', SMAK, Ghent, BE |
1974 |
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK |
1973 |
'Belgische Avant-Garde / Avant-Garde Belge', Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BE |
1967 |
Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp, BE |
Bibliography
2019 |
Guy Mees, The Lost Space |
2018 |
Guy Mees, The Weather is Quiet, Cool and Soft |
2002 |
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