GEZICHTEN
‘GEZICHTEN’
is Dutch for ‘faces’ an exhibition of portraits, the title seems obvious. We
look, we don’t see the air between us, we don’t see our own face ever and we
forget what others looked like. Painting is about time, how to stop time and
live forever in a framed moment.
About
fifteen years ago Yoko decided she wanted to become a painter, she left Japan
and came to study in Antwerp. It’s where we met, she has a decidedly different
use of colour and style and her work called out to me. Over the years Yoko
painted in Japan, her exhibitions increased and so did mine as I did the same
on this side of the world. One of the hardest things to do as a painter is not
to stop: to keep painting, while you need to live as well.
Yoko
painted the dialogue, a response to my portrait. This exhibition is about what
happens between people, it can be a gap, cold air or love and friendship, but
it’s never just a portrait. We can all see the background, but it’s the
foreground that unites us.
Eline
De Clercq
Yoko Enoki lives and works in
Kanagawa Japan 2002 - 2006 studied
painting in Antwerp
yokoenoki.com
Eline De Clercq lives and works in Antwerp Belgium 1997 - 2001 studied
painting in Gent
elinedeclercq.com
