Dirk Van Saene b. 1959

° Leuven, BE.
Lives and works in Zandhoven, Belgium.

The art world has always been rather suspicious of any form that is purely visual, a form where beauty or emotion prevails. These forms are often labeled as ‘design’ or ‘decoration,’ but Van Saene’s work moves beyond such categorizations. His sculptures focus on conveying emotions, often depicting the human body not in a direct context, but as abstract notions of the human figure. The emotions they represent are as vital as their visual form. His sculptures are the stage-managers of their own story. Not only with regard to their material, colours and shapes but also in the historic value that they carry and that he assigns to them.

His work is in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL), MoMU - Fashion Musuem Antwerp (BE) and the AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL).

Dirk Van Saene is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde.