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.
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Dirk Van Saene
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 5 Sep - 11 Oct 2026 New SouthRead more -
Dirk Van Saene
An angel, kissing spring 13 May - 18 Jun 2023 New SouthRead more -
Dirk Van Saene
Stories of hope and despair 16 Jan - 21 Feb 2021 New SouthDirk Van Saene, the Belgian fashion designer and artist, will present his solo exhibition with ceramic sculptures on 16.01.2021 in Gallery Sofie Van de Velde. The artworld has always been...Read more
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Are we running out of time…?, 2024
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Booby-trapped, 2024
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Broken world, 2024
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Into my arms…, 2024
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La vergogna, 2024
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Let me put my arms around you…, 2024
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Wow o wow o wow o wow o wow, 2024
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Bad News ... (After Maurizio Cattalan: Bidibidobidiboo, 1996), 2023
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Rude Boy (After John Currin: Girl in bed, 1993), 2023
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Sleep (After Claude Cahun, selfportrait, 1932), 2023
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Wonderboy - Adonis, god of beauty and youth -, 2023
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An angel, kissing spring, 2022
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Centerfold, 2022
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Eternal life and good fortune, 2022
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"Future legend...", 2021
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"Love will tear us apart, again...", 2021
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"You ought to be in pictures... oh what a hit you would be...", 2021
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"Don't wanna be your friend... I wanna kiss you...", 2020
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"Hit me baby, one more time...", 2020
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"I feel perfectly terrible...", 2020
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"Minotaurus..." (P.P.), 2020
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"Stories of hope and despair...", 2020
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"Top of the world..." (R.S.), 2020
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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2024 |
'All Good Here', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
| 2023 |
'An angel, kissing spring', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
| 2021 |
'Stories of hope and despair', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
| 2017 |
'Ceramics', Song Song Gallery, Vienna, AT |
| 2011 |
'Dirk Van Saene for Studio Delvaux', Showroom Delvaux, Brussels, BE |
| 2009 |
'Ceramics', Song Song Gallery, Vienna, AT |
| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2024 |
'Don't think twice, it's all right', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
| 2023 |
'MIRROR MIRROR - Fashion & the psyche', MoMu, Antwerp, BE |
| 2016 |
'Rik Wouters & het huiselijk utopia', MoMu, Antwerp, BE |
| Residences |
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| 2011 |
'Artist in residence', 'Workshop in residence', San Francisco, USA |