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Opening 'Alias', Sarah Smolders & presentation of M-resident Lola Daels

14.03.24
Opening expo in M Leuven

Photo: Miles Fishler for M Leuven

On the evening of Thursday 14 March, we will open two new exhibitions at M: 'Alias' and 'A Space Begins, With Speaking' by Sarah Smolders. And M-resident Lola Daels' presentation will also be officially kicked off then. Be among the first to discover the exhibition and show moment, get a word from the curator and/or artist and enjoy a drink. Entrance to M is free for the occasion, no registration required.

For who?

  • Everyone is welcome
  • No registration required

When?

  • Thursday 14 March
  • Programme
    • 20:00 - 20:30: welcome
    • 20:30 - 23:00: drinks & opportunity to visit the exhibitions

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About 'Alias'

M presents ‘Alias’, a group exhibition on a growing phenomenon in recent art history: fictional artists. The exhibition brings together some 80 artworks from national and international public and private collections in an unprecedented display. It will span five galleries. Piece by piece, the works illustrate the strategies contemporary artists use to conflate fiction and reality, and how they confound our perception of the truth.

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‘Headless Man’, Claire Fontaine, 2016

‘Headless Man’, Claire Fontaine, 2016, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Neu, Berlin, photo: Guillaume Vieira

About Sarah Smolders

Sarah Smolders' work comes into being in dialogue with a specific space and its architectural characteristics, which she carefully observes and annotates through painterly interventions and elements.

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‘Reconstructed Wallpaper’, Sarah Smolders, 2017 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Reconstructed Wallpaper’, Sarah Smolders, 2017 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Withdrawals’, Sarah Smolders, 2022 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Withdrawals’, Sarah Smolders, 2022 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Notes Of A Housepainter’, Sarah Smolders, 2019 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Notes Of A Housepainter’, Sarah Smolders, 2019 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Concrete / Concrete’, Sarah Smolders, 2018 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Concrete / Concrete’, Sarah Smolders, 2018 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

making: Concrete / Concrete, 2018 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

making: Concrete / Concrete, 2018 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Notes on Places’, Sarah Smolders, 2021 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Notes on Places’, Sarah Smolders, 2021 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

making: Doppelgänger, 2021 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Hafida Maghouti

making: Doppelgänger, 2021 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Hafida Maghouti 

‘The Landscape Painter’, Sarah Smolders, 2018 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘The Landscape Painter’, Sarah Smolders, 2018 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Painting a Horizon’, Sarah Smolders, (ongoing proces no date)  © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Painting a Horizon’, Sarah Smolders, (ongoing proces no date)  © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Withdrawals’, Sarah Smolders, 2022 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

‘Withdrawals’, Sarah Smolders, 2022 © Sarah Smolders, photo: Greg Smolders

About M-resident Lola Daels

Lola Daels participated in our five-month M-residency at Cas-co last year, where she was given the space to delve into her artistic research. Daels creates sculptures and installations in which she questions the notion of authenticity in the current ecological and socio-political context. She immersed herself in two obsolete Italian techniques during her M-residency: scagliola (faux marble) and pietra dura (stone inlay).

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M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

The work of M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

The work of M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

 The work of M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

The work of M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

The work of M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

The work of M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel for M Leuven

The work of M-resident Lola Daels in her M-atelier in Cas-co

Photo: Rebecca Fertinel pour M Leuven