Edith Dekyndt

In our world, which is changing more than ever, in which nature and culture, the urban and the rural are subject to radical changes – above all due to our human way of life and behavior – the Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt (*1960 in Ypres, Belgium) focuses on the silent forces of transformation. Using objects, images and sounds borrowed from everyday life or nature, she sets transformations in motion through interventions. Physical and chemical processes lead to painterly and sculptural qualities and ultimately to a beauty that is based equally on fragility and brutality, seduction and destruction. The works are complemented by specially developed performances in which the archaic and the present come together. The Kunsthalle Bielefeld, its location on the banks of the River Lutter and the more than 800-year history of the linen-weaving town of Bielefeld form the site-specific background to the presentation.
The exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld is Edith Dekyndt’s first extensive solo exhibition in Germany.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Kunststiftung NRW.