Xavier Mary

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The work of Brussels-based artist Xavier Mary demonstrates a hybrid formal language, all while retaining a clear-cut sculptural aesthetic. The tonality of his pieces seems to be adrift somewhere between the ancient, the brand new and yet-to-come. Past, present and future are entangled in non-linear ways that are a trademark of the contemporary artistic climate.

 

What we find crystallised in the work of Xavier Mary can be termed as ‘modernism 2.0.’ or ‘modernism reloaded’, which goes by many other names (‘altermodernism’, ‘metamodernism’, etc.). Mary’s position as an artist is one of constant negotiation between different regimes, connecting tradition and avant-garde, sincerity and irony, past and future, actual and virtual. Not only do we find this exemplified in his sculptures and installations, but also in other recognizable gestures, where he is cleverly playing around with his signature and initials.

 

Xavier Mary transforms highway guardrails into entangled rings, or turns road lights into Frank Stella-like canvases, geometrical shapes and Platonic solids. Everything that is usually just whooshing by on the highway, mediated through a cage of steel, is meticulously turned into monumental sculptures.

 

Pieter Vermeulen

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    OH MY BUDDHA

    25 February 2024 – 23 February 2025 25.02.2024 – 23.02.2025
    Prinsenbos Grimbergen, Guldendal 20

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    Phenomena 0.1

    20 October 2023 – 5 November 2023 20.10.2023 – 05.11.2023
    Courtrai, Belgium

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    Echoes from Daedalus Garden

    31 August 2023 – 26 November 2023 31.08.2023 – 26.11.2023
    Musée Van Buuren, Brussels

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    Stories Unfold

    10 August 2023 – 12 October 2023 10.08.2023 – 12.10.2023
    Gardens of the Rubens Castel, Zem
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    The Agprognostic Temple: CULT – STONE – IMAGE – PROJECTION

    2 June 2023 – 18 June 2023 02.06.2023 – 18.06.2023
    Chapel de Boondael, Brussels

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    First catalogue out now!

    4 November 2022 – 31 December 2022 04.11.2022 – 31.12.2022
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    #focus2022 sur les nouvelles acquisitions de la Collection artistique provinciale

    21 October 2022 – 20 November 2022 21.10.2022 – 20.11.2022
    Palais Provincial, Place Saint Lambert 18A, Liège

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    Wundertower #1 Private Collection Nick Ervinck

    1 July 2021 – 29 August 2021 01.07.2021 – 29.08.2021
    K.E.R.K., Kunsthalle Middelkerk

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    Highway Ravers II

    26 June 2021 – 22 August 2021 26.06.2021 – 22.08.2021
    Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris

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    Parcours - Parkunst, Biennale d'art contemporain

    25 April 2021 – 26 June 2021 25.04.2021 – 26.06.2021
    Woluwe Saint-Lambert, Woluwe Saint-PIerre, Auderghem

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    Schaufenster 2

    24 April 2021 – 13 June 2021 24.04.2021 – 13.06.2021
    29-33 blvd Prince Henri 4280 Esch-sur-Alzette

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    Sun Tower V and Highway Star | outdoor exhibition

    28 January 2021 – 30 March 2021 28.01.2021 – 30.03.2021
    Wolubilis, Centre culturel Woluwe Saint-Lambert

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    SOLO SHOW - Black Hole Sun

    12 December 2020 – 7 February 2021 12.12.2020 – 07.02.2021
    FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art

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    GROUP SHOW - Heavy Metal parking Lot

    12 September 2020 – 8 November 2020 12.09.2020 – 08.11.2020
    Garage Rotterdam

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    UPLIFT

    20 March 2020 – 2 May 2020 20.03.2020 – 02.05.2020
    Xippas Geneva, Geneva (CH)

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    ‘ɔːtəˈmatɪk’ (automatic)

    15 March 2020 – 26 April 2020 15.03.2020 – 26.04.2020
    Barbé-Urbain Gallery, Ghent (BE)

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    Exposition Aline Bouvy, Xavier Mary et Loup Sarion

    19 October 2019 – 30 November 2019 19.10.2019 – 30.11.2019
    Musée en plein air du Sart Tilman, Liège (BE)

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    Deep Water Horizon

    6 September 2019 – 20 October 2019 06.09.2019 – 20.10.2019
    1708 Gallery, Richmond (US)

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    MX TEMPLE

    8 June 2019 – 1 September 2019 08.06.2019 – 01.09.2019
    BPS22, Charleroi (BE)

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    JAN HOEFT / XAVIER MARY

    21 January 2018 – 11 March 2018 21.01.2018 – 11.03.2018
    NAK, Aachen

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    The Enigma of Steel

    9 November 2017 – 6 January 2018 09.11.2017 – 06.01.2018
    Nosbaum Reding , Luxembourg

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    Plant B Molenbeek Sculpture Parc , Curated bu Komplot & Toke Lykkeberg

    8 September 2017 – 30 November 2017 08.09.2017 – 30.11.2017
    Parc de la Fonderie , Molenbeek

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