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Additional artworks will be shown on 27/01/2021 !
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Objects With Narratives - Solo show Manu Bano I Solo show Olivia Cognet
SOLO SHOW MANU BANO - OBJ-05-06-07-08-09-13-14
4th of June, 18h00
Place du Grand Sablon 40, 1000 Brussels (Ground Floor)
The exhibition brings together a selection of pieces conceived from a single material: recycled copper. Rather than a finished collection of objects, the project is understood as an open investigation into the physical and expressive capacities of copper, pushed to its limits through artisanal processes.
Each piece results from a transformation: the copper is worked through fire and hammer, without industrial mediation. The hammer becomes both tool and language, and form emerges through the repetition of gestures that deform, tension, and stabilise the metal. In this process, idea, action, and material establish a direct and visible relationship.
Produced between Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, and Valle de Chalco, Estado de México, the pieces position Manuel’s work within a contemporary practice in which tradition operates as an active tool. In this context, copper ceases to be a support to become the essence of the project.
4th of June, 18h00
Place du Grand Sablon 40, 1000 Brussels (2nd Floor)
“A gesture becomes a structure” is the starting point of Olivia Cognet’s exhibition, centered around a fountain. The fountain is not treated here as a symbol, but as something active, something that never fully settles. Water gathers for a moment, takes form, then immediately breaks apart again. It flows, spreads, disappears, and returns. There is no final image, only a continuous movement that keeps reshaping itself.
Made in black stoneware with fine chamotte, the fountain has a presence that feels almost geological. It sits somewhere between something ancient and something still alive. Water moves through it without hierarchy or direction, passing from one basin to another, overflowing and escaping the edges. Nothing is contained in a fixed way, everything remains in transition.
In the end, the gesture briefly becomes structure, and the structure immediately begins to dissolve again, returning to movement to something that cannot be held in place.
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OWN is a multi-service gallery that focuses on the storytelling of today's rarefied craftsmen. OWN believes in shifting the incentive of design to objects powered by narratives. The gallery represents an intimate group of international contemporary artists – with a focus on Belgium – who specialise in material-based processes whilst using traditional techniques in a modern way. From made to order, limited editions and one-of-a-kind collector items to site-specific installations, OWN runs a vibrant exhibition schedule and takes an active part in leading international art fairs such as Art Basel, PAD and TEFAF.
Founded : 2022
Specialisations
Functional art and collectible design
Fairs
TEFAF Maastricht, PAD Paris, PAD London, Design Miami/Basel, Collectible - Brussels, Milan Design Week