Overview participating exhibitions
Closing In
2009
Closing In
Vincent Delbrouck
BEYOND HISTORY (Havana, 1998-2006)
Where does reality stop and poetry begin? Vincent Delbrouck's mixed media diaries make the diving line difficult to see. Delbrouck deconstructs and reconstructs fragments of his own life into 'poetic documentaries'. His collages, accompanied with commentary, e-mails, drawings and poems, evoke a rich reality. Or is it a treacherous form of auto-fiction?For BEYOND HISTORY Delbrouck travelled to Cuba six times. The work shows the Cuba of today, a land of young people striving for a better future. At the same time it sketches Delbrouck's relation to the country and the family who were his hosts. BEYOND HISTORY is confrontational and intimate, but for all its rawness never cynical or exploitative.
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BEYOND HISTORY (Havana, 1998-2006)
Where does reality stop and poetry begin? Vincent Delbrouck's mixed media diaries make the diving line difficult to see. Delbrouck deconstructs and reconstructs fragments of his own life into 'poetic documentaries'. His collages, accompanied with commentary, e-mails, drawings and poems, evoke a rich reality. Or is it a treacherous form of auto-fiction?
For BEYOND HISTORY Delbrouck travelled to Cuba six times. The work shows the Cuba of today, a land of young people striving for a better future. At the same time it sketches Delbrouck's relation to the country and the family who were his hosts. BEYOND HISTORY is confrontational and intimate, but for all its rawness never cynical or exploitative.
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BEYOND HISTORY (Havana, 1998-2006)
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BEYOND HISTORY (Havana, 1998-2006)
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BEYOND HISTORY (Havana, 1998-2006)
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BEYOND HISTORY (Havana, 1998-2006)
Biography
Beyond History (Havana 1998-2006)
Where does reality stop and poetry begin? Vincent Delbrouck's mixed media diaries make the diving line difficult to see. Delbrouck deconstructs and reconstructs fragments of his own life into 'poetic documentaries'. His collages, accompanied with commentary, e-mails, drawings and poems, evoke a rich reality. Or is it a treacherous form of auto-fiction?
For Beyond History (Havana 1998-2006) Delbrouck travelled to Cuba six times. The work shows the Cuba of today, a land of young people striving for a better future. At the same time it sketches Delbrouck's relation to the country and the family who were his hosts. Beyond History is confrontational and intimate, but for all its rawness never cynical or exploitative.
Vincent Delbrouck (b. Belgium, 1975) lives in Brussels and was a member of the Belgian Blow-Up collective. He has published in Purple Journal, Pavilion, CODE and View, and his work has been shown worldwide. He won the Giacomelli Memorial Prize in 2002 and the Jean Salgaro Prize.
