Antoine Mortier. Ink Made Real

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period22 November 2019 – 22 March 2020

Exhibition Venue3rd Floor Exhibition Hall, Tsinghua University Art Museum

Chief PlannerSu Dan　Gil Knops

CuratorCamille Brasseur (Belgium)　Li Yi (China)

CoordinatiorFrancoise Mortier

Project Coordinator　Wang Chenya　Wang Ying　Hu Xiaoxi　Wang Chenxue

Curatorial Assistant　Julie Van Deun

Visual DirectorWang Peng

Exhibition TeamLiu Huijian　Hu Xiaoxi　Luo Jia

Visual DesignLuo Jia

International AffairWang Ying

Administrative Affair　Ma Yanyan

Video SubtitlesZhao Chunle

OrganizersTsinghua University Art Museum
Antoine Mortier ASBL
Antoine Mortier Fund

SupportThe Belgian Embassy in Beijing
King Baudouin Foundation
Belgian-Chinese Economic and Commercial Council

AcknowledgementHE Ambassador of Belgium, Mr. Marc Vinck
Head of Wallonia Brussels International Office in China, Mrs Justine Colognesi
Head of Desk Asia Pacific Wallonia Brussels International, Mr. Aboubacar Charkaoui
Region Bruxelles Capitale, Mr. Daniel Verheyden President of the Chambers of Economy and Commerce of Belgium, Mr Bernard Dewit
Public Relation & Project Manager of the International Artistic Center ADGY, Mr. Etienne Dekimpe
Eu-Asia Centre, Mrs. Yan Rui

Volunteer team of Antoine Mortier ASBL　　　　　　　　　　　Michèle Pepin　Laura Wester　Gaelle Pentier　Jacky Maezele

The photographers, for their gracious photographic credit　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Jean-Dominique Burton　Gilbert De Keyser　Robert Hauser　Oscar Schellekens　Luc Schrobilgen

Exhibition Profile

Over fifty Chinese ink artworks from the Belgian artist Antoine Mortier (1908, Saint-Gilles-lez-Bruxelles–1999, Auderghem, Brussels) have been selected to represent the artist at the Tsinghua University Art Museum from November 19th, 2019, to March 22nd, 2020. During three months, the exhibition, titled Antoine Mortier. Ink Made Real, will be resonating with the ancient Chinese artistic memory and, more specifically, with the traditional and modern usages of ink in China. Mainly large formats have been selected for this exhibition. These reveal the precision of the painting gestures, rooted in a practice resembling Chinese calligraphy. Somewhere in between figurative and abstract, the artworks by Antoine Mortier link the intimate with the monumental, and interiority with the necessity to represent universal themes.