Alex van Gelder
Alex van Gelder (born 1937) is Belgian photographer and art collector.
Biography
From a Dutch family, Alex Van Gelder grew up in Wales before moving to Benin at the age of 25. His photographic practice explores the ambiguous space between life and death and the role played by the photographic image.
Portraits of Louise Bourgeois in the last year of her life (Mumbling Beauty) are echoed by severed animal heads coming out of slaughterhouses (Meat Portraits); he confronts the soul and body of his subjects to capture the inevitable disappearance.
These obsessions follow him as a collector of contemporary and traditional art, notably through a collection of African portraits of the 20th century.
Exhibitions and publications
- 2024 – Galleria Edizioni Periferia, «Animali, Luigi Zuccheri e compagni», Lucerne, Suisse.
- 2023 – Personnal Exhibition, Museum Morsbroich, Germany.
- 2023 – Collections photographiques Antoine de Galbert, Musée de Grenoble, France.
- 2022 – Exhibition and publication, Musée de la Mode, Anvers, Belgique.
- 2019 – Insomnia Drawings, Louise Bourgeois, Beyeler Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
- 2018 – Intimate Portraits, Louise Bouregois, publication in author, New-York.
- 2016 – Turning Inwards: Louise Bourgeois, Mumbling Beauty by Alex Van Gelder, Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Somerest, England.[1]
- 2015 – Mumbling Beauty, publication, Thames & Hudson, New-York.[2]
- 2014 – Meat Portrait, Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London, England.
- 2012 – Line of Inquiry, Cheim & Read Gallery, New-York.
- 2011 – TRA, Armed Forces, Biennale of Venice, Palazzo Fortuny, Italy.
- 2011 – Armed Forces, Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Zurich, Swizerland.[3]
- 2011 – Armed forces, publication of portraits of Louise Bourgeois, ed, Ediciones Poligrafa, Spain.[4]
- 2009 – OUTLET, Paris-photo09, Galerie du jour Agnès B, Paris, France.
- 2008 – Headshots, Galerie Praz Delavallade (Samy Abraham) Paris, France.
- 2007 – Videos, Antipodes07, le Quartz, Brest, France.
- 2005 – Leben und Tod in Benin, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland Life and Afterlife in Benin, publication, ed. Phaidon Press, London, England.
References
- ↑ "Alex van Gelder - Mumbling Beauty". Hauser & Wirth. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
- ↑ Gelder, Alex van; Obrist, Hans Ulrich (2016). Mumbling beauty Louise Bourgeois. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-09391-7. Search this book on
- ↑ "Armed Forces - Louise Bourgeois & Alex Van Gelder Exhibition". Hauser & Wirth. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
- ↑ "Armed Forces". poligrafa.com. Polígrafa. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
External links
- Official website
- LensCulture
- Observatoire de l'art contemporain
- Bookfinder
- Artist : ULAN
- National : BNF
- International : VIAF
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