10dence platform organizes and curates an international exhibition project presenting a contemporary vision on how an international group of artists experiences and reflect on the concept and subject: Myths, Fairy Tales and Mysteries from their specific personal viewpoints. An exhibition that will be on display at Hof van Ryhove (Onderstraat 22) in the city of Ghent in Belgium from May 31 till June 16 2024. Twenty artists from all over the world have been selected to participate within the Myths, Fairy Tales, and Mysteries and all of them will show selected works of their unique vision and expression based on their personal confrontation with the concept.
With this new exhibition concept, 10dence platform is presenting the topics of fairy tales, myths, legends, fables, and sagas, which form a fundamentally important part of every culture and its collective memory. The exhibition pursues themes that course through the narratives of people from different cultures. These themes start deep in prehistory and spread at an early stage, echoed today in the modern world of fantasy tales and films. They unfold in the myths, sagas, fables, and legends of antiquity, leading into the world of our European fairy tales, which were initially handed down only orally. Cruel gods, brave heroes, evil spirits and witches, wondrous hybrid creatures, innocent unicorns, benevolent fairies, and mighty dragons as well as legendary swords and valuable treasures among many other figures and characteristics are encountered in these tales. They were written down in different cultures. Carved in clay, penned by the Brothers Grimm, Andersen, Wild, and La Fontaine, illustrated by Doré, Richter, Kubin, Vogeler, Dulac, Schädler, and many other artist
Participating artists within the Myths, Fairy Tales and Mysteries project 2024
Daniel Op de Beeck - B, Joël Bonk - NL, Françoise Bracke - B, Marleen Dewulf - B, Marie Louise Elshout - NL, Penelope Pendle Hayes - UK, David Jenowe - USA, Bernd Kalusche - D, Bea Last - UK, Nobxhiro Mido - JP, Steve Moseley - USA, Petra Moll - IE, Helene Öfwerström - S, Susumu Ohira - JP, Eline Ouwendijk - B|NL, Frédérique Rennuit - B, Larisa Sjoerds - NL & Ron Weijers - NL
De tentoonstellingis officieel geopend op 31 Mei om 14.00 uur door Peter Hofmann - kunstagentschap Eine Art Galerie voor Duitsland.
