PAST SATURDAYS
Sookie Brarou
On Saturday 15/02/2020, as part of "A Saturday with an Artist", come and discover the work of Sookie Brarou
Sookie Brarou is a digital collagist. Based on photographic fragments, she composes surreal scenes, which resonate like postcards from another universe. The concepts of scales, gravity and perspectives are called into question through themes such as the conquest of space, femininity and climatic upheavals. His collages are made from digitally reworked photos. The creation process for each of them is invariably unique in that the cutouts, scales and colors are redesigned until their fragments seem to have been made to be assembled. With these two awards and his position as a finalist in numerous international art competitions, Sookie will present at Happy Day Ixelles a selection of screen, UV and inkjet prints.
Anne Deschoenmaeker
On Saturday February 8, 2020, an artist with a busy professional career will come to present her work of 100% recuperated sculpture and acrylic painting.
Anne Deschoenmaeker did 4 years of artistic study at the Saint-Marie Institute in Saint-Gilles in the early 80s. She has a professional career in various sectors. (crane operator, house painter, driver, etc.)
Anne:
"Since 2016, I have resumed purely artistic activities.
My goal is to want to express something, a story, memories, facts of contemporary news, through this.
I also express myself through sculptures / assemblies.
With 100% recycled materials, recycling.
Representing characters completely disjointed and / or united by links between them.
So my goal is to share my emotions, my feelings and the evolution of our world today.
Where are we from, or are we going to ...? "
Mirtarah
On January 25, 2020, come and see the Archetypes, Moushkas, calendars, jewelry,… from Mirtarah, at Happy Day Ixelles.
Mirtarah:
"Between heaven and earth, Mirtarah through her art questions the place of women in our humanity via the Moushkas: woman in turbans with multiple symbols and the place of humans in the universe via Les Foisgements: characters with stylized features whose hair is also made up of different symbols. "
Eric Schmickrath
On Saturday 18/01/2020, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., come and discover the different creations of Eric Schmickrath
Eric:
"Eric Schmickrath's work is marked by the look.
The eyes, mirror of the soul, question us and take us apart.
His winged creatures, with expressive looks, translate and question our need for freedom.
This word, the most beautiful and most demanding in the eyes of Eric Schmickrath, is also found in his mineral compositions with deep colors. "
EKO ART
A Saturday with an Artist: Eko Art
Eko Art will come to Happy Day Ixelles, 23/11/2019, for a Saturday with an Artist.
She is an architecture student with many strings to her bow.
Eko Art: "Since I was little, I fell in love with painting. Art, echo to my thought. My native language. I take you to my world, where my vision is divided between photography and painting. "
MATHIEU LESORT
Saturday, November 16, 2019, discover the city of New York by the prism of Mathieu LESORT.
Mathieu:
"Photographer recently, I embarked on this adventure in 2016, following the birth of my daughter.
So much in love with what could emerge a photo, I decided to make a passion...
I try everything, letting my camera go random encounters and travel, this story that can be told in one image fascinates me.
I did not do a school of photography. I rather spent time looking at the pictures of others... it made me want to let my heart talk to the movements of emotions all around me.
To be able to share this experience with you, gives me only one desire, to continue..."
JUSTINE LATTEUR
A Saturday with an Artist: Justine Latteur
Justine, a young student in visual art, will come to us to present you several of her creations.
Justine:
"Studying art since I know how to hold a pencil.
Drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, cinema, music and photography are today my greatest passions. I will present you several of my creations, such as portraits and drawings. "
Nadia Luhabi
On Saturday, Nadia Luhabi showed us the view beyond her window.
Nadia:
"The passion for photography has always been part of my daily life. It is above all the soothing of the sunsets, the different colors, the escape to other horizons, a magnificent journey that I want to share. "
Marie Lebrun
This Brussels woman will present her paintings where figuration takes a large place.
Marie:
"A story of gaze. Where we look and where we look, at the same time.
Trial and error. Attempt to give body to the gaze, to capture its movement. See the body and what is behind the body. See inside and through, dig the way of the look on the canvas, in the hollow of the absence. See what's around what I don't see. Go to the inability to say. Sometimes the figure may appear, as if by chance. "
David Heymann
On Saturday December 28, 2019, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Happy Day Ixelles welcomes a sculptor, David Heymann. His style: half-real - half-abstract; from small to large format.
David:
"Me David Heymann, I was born, bending a piece of wire.
From thread to needle, the thread has turned into a tube, the tube shaped.
These forms now, I reform them, I reform them to become an extraordinary imagination. "
Domenica Frieri
Le samedi 11/01/2020, venez rencontrer la pétillante et souriante Domenica FRIERI.
Depuis toute petite, 6-7 ans, je fais du dessin. Ma sœur jumelle m’a invité, une fois, à découvrir Cours des Métiers d'Art du Hainaut.
Depuis 6 ans, je peins et je suis les cours de Monsieur Michel Frappart. Tout ce qui me passe par la tête est exprimé avec la couleur. L’abstrait est ma forme d’expression préfère en peinture. J’aime mettre le CHAOS sur les toiles. Mes œuvres sont faites de manière impulsive, spontanée et avec mes émotions.
Simon Blackley
On Saturday January 04, 2020, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., come and meet Simon Blackley. This professional photographer, specialized in portraits, will share his experience and his experience with you.
Simon:
"SEE YOU
Photographer since my 10 years, in another country and another century, I created my professional studio in Ixelles in 2017. My photography practice is quite varied - commercial and voluntary, for companies and individuals, in the studio and on the street, from wedding halls to concert halls.
At the same time, I am especially interested in people, their faces, their looks, their souls. Each photographic encounter is an adventure, a game, both for the subject and for the photographer. Take risks, try, see yourself, with pleasure, with love. "
COLLEENÂ PLATBROOD
"A Saturday with an Artist": Colleen Platbrood
Colleen: "Why the naked man?
First, I want to tell you that for me, it's very difficult to put me naked, I'm very shy, very secretive...
That's why I wanted to express myself through my photos, my art, what I can not express myself!
By making these pictures, I feel free and always secret because my models do not express any emotions which leaves free rein to your imaginations, to your emotions.
Nudity is for me neither an aspect nor an insult but just a state of mind.
For me, it's freedom, to be free in your body, in your head.
I hope I could by my photos, share this one with you! "
KRISTELL INÂ WONDERLAND
"A Saturday with an Artist": with Kristell In Wonderland
Kristell is a graduate of IHECS in Communication/Advertising.
She specializes in visual art and graphics.
She expresses herself through photography and visual art. (postcards, bookmarks, notebooks, ...)
Kristell In Wonderland's inspirations come from the Lewis Caroll Universe, in particular, the story of "Alice in Wonderland.
Kristell In Wonderland likes to express itself through a poetic, melancholy and mystical atmosphere.
YULIA SHOLINA
"A Saturday with an Artist": with Yulia Sholina
Yulia, a mother of two girls, will come to Happy Day Ixelles to present her artistic universe. A universe that provides a lot of emotion and makes us travel.
Yulia:
"My parents (drawing teachers) gave me a great gift: the ability to draw. Brushes, pencils, paintings, canvases have always existed in my world, from birth to the present. Therefore, the expression of myself, my emotions and my feelings, through art, is a natural process for me. This is my language of communication with the world. "
Walter De Laet
On Saturday February 22, 2020, come meet Walter De Laet, a range of disciplines on his own. He paints on different materials (canvas, clothing, painting, ...), he creates videos, Happening, traveling galleries, ... a universe to never finish.
Walter is a character. For him, "to carry a creation on me is to express myself".
He paints clothes on Happening. A performance he will perform on "A Saturday with an Artist" at Happy Day.
Walter's work is the barometer of his experience. Futuristic architecture, animals, abstract, spirals, ... The themes addressed by Walter traces his life and his feelings.
Kate Kaprar
On Saturday 02/29/2020, come and meet a young photographer, a student at VUB, who mixes portrait with urban photography.
Kate:
« I started to take pictures as a child with an old point-and-shoot camera. This soon became not only my hobby but a part of my life. Art and photography schools that I attended taught me not to look but, rather, to see: moments, emotions and beauty of the world in small things. My main interests are street photography and lately photoshoots for people who want to remember their time in the beautiful city of Brussels.»