2025
PICTURES THAT LINE THE WALLS — PORTRAIT SERIES IV
An Edition and an Exhibition at Saint-Martin Bookshop Brussels
21 June until 16 August 2025
PICTURES THAT LINE THE WALLS — portrait series IV
Kristien Daem has been photographing artworks and art installations for decades, in museums, galleries and other public and private spaces. Recently, she began training her lens on those behind the installations – the art's makers, exhibitors and promoters. While other portraits focus on female protagonists, this latest series brings together portraits of male artists, curators and gallerists. To accompany each image, Daem asks the sitter to select one or more artworks made by a woman. The intimate conversations Daem sets up between herself, the sitter and his choice of artwork are in turn surprising, moving and instructive. They probe what connects us to each other and to what we admire. — Antony Hudek
—Jan Mot / Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), A sculpture for Trans Women A sculpture for the Non-Binary Femmes A sculpture for Two-Spirit People—I am a woman. I don’t care what you think—(Transphobia is everywhere and everyone is susceptible to enacting it at any moment) (Unlearn the transphobia brewing within) I am a Trans Women. I am a Two-Spirit Person. I am a Woman. This is for my sisters and siblings everywhere. History erased many of us but we are still here. I will fight for our rights until the day I die. Exile me and I’ll keep fighting., 2022
—Jef Declercq / Maria Eichhorn, Sale/Purchase of Objects from Haus Lange and Haus Esters (1997)
—Michael Callies / Isa Genzken, Weltempfänger, 1987
—Guillaume Bijl / Ana Mendieta, Untitles (Siluetas Series, Iowa), 1977
—Charlie Usher / Louise Lawler, Them, 1986-7
—Michiel Ceulers / Mary Heilmann, Black Cracky, 1990
—Gert Verhoeven / Lee Lozano, DECIDE TO BOYCOTT WOMEN, 1971
—Peter Downsbrough / Katarzyna Kobro, Spatial Composition 4, 1929
—Jonathan Franz / Unica Zürn: Orakel und Spektakel IV. Buch, 1960
—Phillip Van den Bossche / Agnes Martin: Paintings and drawings / Schilderijen en tekeningen / Gemälde und Zeichnungen / Peintures et Dessins (1974-1990), Jawlensky-Preisträgerin 1990
.—Mitja Tušek / Venus figurines of Mal'ta, Gravettian (about 23,000 BC)
On the occasion of this new edition the eponymous exhibition will take place at Saint-Martin Bookshop from 21 June until 16 August 2025
Saint-Martin Bookshop
114, Rue de Flandre
1000 Brussels
A special edition containing the portrait series I, II, III and IV is available at the bookshop.
Layout by Saskia Gevaert - Bookbinding by Clara Gevaert
Saint-Martin Bookshop
Jan Mot / Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), A sculpture for Trans Women ....
Jef Declercq / Maria Eichhorn, Verkauf/Kauf von Gegenständen aus Haus Lange und Haus Esters (1997), Sale/Purchase of Objects from Haus Lange and Haus Esters (1997)
Michael Callies / Isa Genzken, Weltempfänger, 1987
Guillaume Bijl / Ana Mendieta, Untitles (Siluetas Series, Iowa), 1977
Charlie Usher / Louise Lawler, Them, 1986-7
Michiel Ceulers / May Heilmann, Black Cracky, 1990
Gert Verhoeven / Lee Lozano, DECIDE TO BOYCOTT WOMEN, 1971
Peter Downsbrough / Katarzyna Kobro, Spatial Composition 4, 1929
Phillip Van den Bossche / Agnes Martin: Paintings and drawings / Schilderijen en tekeningen / Gemälde und Zeichnungen / Peintures et Dessins (1974-1990), Jawlensky-Preisträgerin 1990.
Jonathan Franz / Unica Zürn: Orakel und Spektakel IV. Buch, 1960
Mitja Tušek / Venus figurines of Mal'ta, Gravettian (about 23,000 BC)