Du 11 au 13 septembre 2015
Terarken rooms, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Ville de Bruxelles
CONTEMPORARY DRAWING / SPECIFICS FOR ALL POSSIBILITIES
Drawing enjoys significant consideration on the international arts scene, whether it comes to exhibitions, biennial arts events and art critic reviews, to institutions and individuals whose collections are committed to drawings, or still to galleries and specialised fairs. While in the past, drawing used to be confined to the auxiliary rank of artistic practice, it now holds its own place in the world of contemporary art; the medium has succeeded in conquering its autonomy.
With its specifics rooted in graphic expression, which composes the image with lines, drawing nonetheless allows for a vast number of possibilities to be introduced, for a pallet of perspectives to be displayed and for artists to reveal their uniqueness, whether they dedicate the entirety of their work to drawing or lend themselves to it occasionally. Whether it is figurative, abstract, monumental, minimalist, three-dimensional, shimmering, discreet, performance-based, narrative… its incessantly renewed possibilities, both in its compositions and in its procedures, demonstrate the richness and pertinence of contemporary drawing.

Galerie Dohyang Lee, PAULA CASTRO, Kentucky Pizza, ink on paper, diptych, 100x70cm, unique piece, 2012
ART ON PAPER IN COLLABORATION WITH BOZAR
SOLO SHOWS TO EXHIBIT GRAPHIC UNIQUENESS
Art on Paper has made itself the sounding board for this pertinence that is specific to the medium by devoting itself strictly to drawing in its most contemporary expression. For this fifth edition, taking place from 11 to 13 September 2015, the Brussels contemporary drawing show is taking possession of the BOZAR Terarken rooms with a plan to connect some twenty solo shows selected from international galleries. An artist’s stroke will thus stand out within each exhibition space.
A new artistic director, supported by a selection committee, maintains the lasting and demanding line drawn for the show. The stage design structures the space in response to the specifics of the project that hosts it.
GENERAL MANAGER VO-EVENT: Michel Culot
FAIR DIRECTOR: Adeline d’Ursel
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Pauline Hatzigeorgiou
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Denis De Rudder / La Cambre
Olivier Gevart / Ete 78
Harlan Levey / Harlan Levey Projects
Francesco Rossi / Rossicontemporary
Maïté Smeyers / BOZAR expo
Christophe Veys / Collection Veys-Verhaevert
EXHIBITORS
- Galerie Martine Aboucaya (Paris) & Peter Downsbrough
- Alice Gallery (Brussels) & Hell’O Monsters
- ArchiRaar (Brussels) & Takahiro Kudo
- Galerie Bernard Bouche (Paris) & Michel Boulanger
- Francis Carrette (Brussels) & Léa Mayer
- Galerie Jacques Cerami (Couillet) & Michaël Matthys
- Circonstance Galerie (Nice) & Laurette Atrux-Tallau
- D+T Project (Brussels) & Stephan Balleux
- Espace à vendre (Nice) & Stéphane Steiner
- Galerie Felli (Paris) & Philippe Ségéral
- Galerie Nadine Feront (Brussels) & Eva Evrard
- Annie Gentils Gallery (Antwerp) & Wesley Meuris
- Hverfisgalleri (Reykjavik) & Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir
- Cecilia Jaime Gallery (Gent) & Line Boogaerts
- Galerie Dohyang Lee (Paris) & Paula Castro
- Lullin+Ferrari (Zurich) & Anne-Lise Coste
- Galerie Odile Ouizeman (Paris) & Iris Levasseur
- Papel Art (Paris) & Vincent Chenut
- Thomas Rehbein Galerie (Cologne, Brussels) & William Anastasi
- Rossicontemporary (Brussels) & Marie Rosen
- Rubicon Gallery (Dublin) & Michael Kane
- The White House Gallery (Lovenjoel) & Adrien Lucca
- Yoko Uhoda Gallery (Liege) & Charlotte Beaudry
- Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde (Dubaï, Brussels) & Abdelkader Benchamma
- Galerie Nadja Vilenne (Liege) & Valérie Sonnier
CALL FOR PROJECTS
Born in 1989 in COIMBRA (Portugal), João Freitas began his artistic education in the Drawing Department of La Cambre, which he completed it in 2014.This summer he contributed to the Madeinfilandia, residency and exhibition in Filanda, Pieve A Presciano, Italy, and he was the winner of the residency and scholarship of the Fondation Privée du Carrefour des Arts Brussels, for the year 2014-2015. His latest solo exhibition, To be titled, took place in the gallery Fuoricampo, Siena. He lives and works in Brussels.