Peter Buggenhout (1963, Dendermonde) constructs sculptural installations out of industrial and found materials. At first sight, his works look like the remains of destroyed or abandoned structures. Beneath the constructions' formal complexity, however, lies a carefully developed internal logic. Buggenhout works with what he describes as abject material: everyday objects detached from their original context and then reused. By covering many of his sculptures with dust, he attempts to neutralize any symbolic value.
Peter Buggenhout
Peter Buggenhout
Peter Buggenhout (°1963, Dendermonde) lives and works in Ghent. About fifteen years ago, he stopped painting and divested himself of the limitations of canvas. Since then, he has been creating installations made of abject materials. His work is detached from every form of representation. This approach makes his sculptures autonomous.
Buggenhout has exhibited at internationally renowned art platforms such as MoMA/PS1 (New York), the Taipei Biennial, Maison Rouge (Paris), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Barbara Gladstone (New York), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Kunstverein Hannover, Art Unlimited Basel, De Pont Tilburg, Herzliya Biennial Israel, the Saatchi Gallery (London). In Belgium, his work has been featured at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Deurle, Be-Part Waregem, TRACK in Ghent, Bruges and De Centrale in Brussels. He is represented by gallery Konrad Fischer Düsseldorf-Berlin and Laurent Godin Paris.
To Buggenhout, dust is a material without meaning, consisting only of leftovers. And yet it's capable of transforming objects by accentuating form, while colour and material fade to the background. Buggenhout makes both small compositions on plinths and monumental, freestanding sculptures and installations that fill a whole space.
This first major solo exhibition in Belgium presents a retrospective of his varied work from the late 1990s until today. The exhibition brings together works from existing series, maquettes, large dust sculptures, a series of new smaller work in display cases, and two large monumental installations.
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