Edith Dekyndt

It could be James on the beach. It could be. It could be very fresh and clear
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens

What remains when everything else has vanished?

Past and present blur in the work of Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt (b. Ypres, Belgium, 1960; lives and works in Brussels). Her practice treats objects as active witnesses, bearing traces of transformation and unseen forces. Physical and chemical process result in painterly and sculptural qualities and, eventually, in a kind of beauty that rests on fragility as much as brutality, allure as much as destruction. The works are complemented by dedicated performances in which the archaic and the contemporary communicate. 

It could be James on the beach. It could be. It could be very fresh and clear is published on the occasion of the exhibition at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens. The publication brings together recent works and texts exploring memory, authorship, and the entanglement of natural and technological systems. Precise and poetic, Dekyndt’s work calls for a slower, more attentive way of seeing.