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ONCE UPON A GOLDEN RIVER

Stief Desmet

IMAGINE, AN ISLAND

Stief Desmet

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Rutger De Reu Trui Galle

DANCING GOATS – WOUNDED DEER DANSENDE GEITJES – GEWONDE HERTEN 34

Inge Braeckman

INTERVIEW FOR THE ‘ONCE UPON A GOLDEN RIVER’ EXHIBITION INTERVIEW BIJ DE TENTOONSTELLING ‘ONCE UPON A GOLDEN RIVER’ 66

Christophe Vekeman

DREAMING BACK AND SAILING CLEAR TERUGDROMEN EN OMZEILEN

72 Koen Leemans

IMAGINE, AN ISLAND 76

Bruno Roels

THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SCREENS, OR WHY I’M JEALOUS OF PAINTERS DE RUIMTE TUSSEN DE RASTERS, OF WAAROM IK JALOERS BEN OP SCHILDERS

100 Christophe Vekeman

THE WRECK HET WRAK

Warrior (Kombai), 100x140

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The Colonists, 140x140

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Goat #2, 2013 30 x 24 cm acrylics, varnish on canvas

Goat #3, 2013 30 x 24 cm acrylics, varnish on canvas

In her arms I tremble electric #2, 2014 200 x 120 cm acrylics, oil, gold foil on canvas

Nymphéas #1, 2015 400 x 200 cm acrylics, oil on canvas

Nightswimmer, 2015 200 x 200 cm acrylics, oil on canvas

Freikörper, 2015 200 x 200 cm acrylics, oil on canvas

Green Canoe #2, 2015 82 x 102 cm acrylics, oil on canvas

Pink Canoe #1, 2015 82 x 102 cm acrylics, oil on canvas

Mother, 2014 100 x 140 cm acrylics, oil on canvas

Mustang, 2010 55 x 61 cm oil on canvas private collection

Self as Faun, 2014 46 x 73 cm acrylics, varnish, sawdust on canvas

Lumberjack, 2008-2014 140 x 180 cm acrylics, varnish on canvas

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Parkiet, 2010 50 x 50 cm oil on canvas private collection

Vink, 2010 50 x 50 cm oil on canvas private collection

Monument for a Broken Fox, 2013 52 x 94 x 21 cm bronze ed.3/3 ed.1/3 private collection

Eden, 2015 60 x 80 cm acrylics, chalk on paper (framed)

Monument for a Lost Snowwhite, 2013 70,5 x 64,5 x 95 cm polyester, wood, plaster...

Monument for a Broken Cervus Capreolus (Tomb), 2012 57 x 127 x 139 cm polyester, MDF, inox

Acid star #3, 2012 40 x 50 cm oil on canvas

Acid star #2, 2012 40 x 50 cm oil on canvas

Last Deer Standing, 2008 110 x 40 x 153 cm polyester, inox, A.P., ed.3 ed.1/3, ed.2/3, ed.3/3 private collections

Golden Flower, 2014 24 x 30 cm acrylics, oil on canvas

Hike, 2014 27,5 x 35,5 cm collage on 19th century etching private collection

Mother #2, 2014 27,5 x 35,5 cm collage on 19th century etching

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COLOPHON / COLOFON

all artwork /alle afgebeelde kunstwerken: © Stief Desmet video 'The Wreck': © Stief Desmet, Christophe Vekeman, Rob Breyne video 'Pastorale #5': © Stief Desmet, Benny Vandendriessche photographs/foto's: all exhibition views and reproductions: © Kenneth De Vooght all other photographs: © Stief Desmet texts/teksten: Inge Braeckman Rutger De Reu Trui Galle Koen Leemans Bruno Roels Christophe Vekeman translation/vertaling: Martin Carrette Bruno Roels (The space between the screens, or why I'm jealous of painters)

special thanks to: Stadsbestuur Deinze, Stadsbestuur Mechelen, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Koen Leemans, Trui Galle, Wim Lammertijn, An Meirhaeghe, Jan Vermeulen, Rutger De Reu, Christophe Vekeman, Bruno Roels, Inge Braeckman, Gautier Platteau, Kenneth De Vooght, Lisa De Brouwere, Cosimo Di Leo Ricatto, Jona Tallieu, Olivier De Buck, Lili, CH-artspace Amsterdam, Rob Breyne, Benny Vandendriessche, Hans Baudoncq, Eric Goethals, Xavier Vandamme, Bas Jan Ader, Titus Vandenbroucke, Julie my beloved wife, Maurice & Lilou and all the collectors and friends who supported me through the years.

This book is published on the occasion of the exhibitions Once Upon a Golden River at the Museum of Deinze and the Leiestreek, Deinze, B. (13/6-27/9/2015) and Imagine, an Island at De Garage, Mechelen, B. (21/6-13/9/2015).

Dit boek is een uitgave ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstellingen Once Upon a Golden River in het Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek (13/6-27/9/2015) en Imagine, an Island in De Garage te Mechelen (21/6-13/9/2015).

This publication was made possible with the support of / deze publicatie werd mogelijk dankzij de steun van:

correction/correctie: Martin Lambert Marc Vingerhoedt graphic design/vormgeving: Lisa De Brouwere printing/druk: die Keure, Brugge binding/inbinding: Brepolis, Turnhout publishers/uitgevers: © Hannibal Publishing/Uitgeverij Hannibal, 2015 Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek c.c. De Garage ISBN 978 94 9208 146 9 D/2015/11922/22 NUR 642 www.uitgeverijhannibal.be www.stiefdesmet.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any other information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

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