Permanent Collection
Hans Op de BEECK
Peering through darkness at the dim light, one begins to discern a roadside diner fitted out in jet black, and a highway disappearing off into the distance. In this almost unnaturally deserted nighttime realm, orange streetlights glow forlornly, while a continuous loop of muffled sound emitted by an old radio ironically gives the impression of a place isolated from the outside world. The view from the life-size fictional restaurant interior to the clever optical illusion of the outside panorama disrupts the spectator’s sense of time, distance, and place.
Photo: Hans Op de Beeck
Courtesy of Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Hans Op de BEECK
Born 1969 in Turnhout, Belgium; lives and works in Brussels. Op de Beeck produces large-scale installations, sculptures, films, drawings, paintings, photographs and texts. His work is a reflection on our complex society and the universal questions of meaning and mortality that resonate within it. He seeks to create a form of visual fiction that delivers a moment of wonder, silence and introspection. Selected solo exhibitions include “Saisir le Silence” at Espace 104 (Paris, France, 2017), “Out of the Ordinary” at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germany, 2017) and “The Cliff” at Kunsthalle Krems (Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2019).
2004 / 2008
Mixed media
982×1417×618 cm
Interview with Hans Op de Beeck （PDF）
Interviewer: Sayaka Mitome(Towada Art Center)
August 31,2022
