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Dirk Zoete

1969
Belgium

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Works by Dirk Zoete

Wednesday, October 2

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Wednesday, November 13 -2

2019

Drawings

21 x 30cm

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Wednesday, November 13

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Tuesday, November 5

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Tuesday, July 16

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Thursday, July 18

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Sunday, July 7

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Saturday, July 6

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Monday, July 15

2019

Drawings

21 x 29.7cm

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Untitled (plaster mask) 12

2019

Sculpture , Mixed Media

38 x 40 x 5cm

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Drawing forms the core of Zoete’s oeuvre. He always starts from observation drawings of things that cross his path, like a cactus, a landscape or the human form. Influenced by the theatre sets and costumes of the German Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism of the 1920s, Zoete organizes happenings in his studio in which actors in imaginative costumes pose in front of his camera. Their masks are based on self-portraits from the artist. His drawings are the two-dimensional reports of those events. 

From these observations on paper, Zoete lets his imagination run free. He remodels them over and over, until they have evolved into drawings that are far removed from the reality they were originally based on. The artist refuses to determine an absolute, finished form. On the contrary: he is constantly searching for ways of improvement and shows all stadia of his learning process to the viewer. Along the way, Zoete lets himself be guided by chance and coincidence. Although the simplicity of pencil on paper gives him the freedom required for his improvisational method, Zoete also appeals to other media. His drawings can give rise to performances, sculptures, photographs and vice versa. 

The drawings that ensue from this practice, have a naive and schematic character. The panoramic landscapes and village scenes are made up of a few simple, clear lines. The views on fields and acres – Zoete comes from a farmers family, hence the recurrence of these themes – have a total lack of depth and perspective. The architectural settings never outgrow the schematic design phase. Furthermore, Zoete’s human figures are far-reaching geometrical abstractions, deprived from any individual features. Their faces are mere masks, with triangular- and rectangular shaped mouths and noses. Both humans and their environment are exclusively shown in frontal view; they stay façades, that never truly come to 

life. This two-dimensionality is reflected in Zoete’s sculptures, with their unfinished back sides. These constructions, often existing of metal frames, concrete and removable colour areas, also present themselves frontally to the viewer. 

The almost childish drawing style and abstraction add to the enigmatic, sometimes morbid nature of Zoete’s universe, filled with surrealistic scenes depicting an absurd company of characters, primitive animals and their attributes. 

Belgian artist Dirk Zoete made successful passages at Be-Part in Waregem (2016) and the SMAK in Ghent (2017). Zoete’s first solo exhibition at Gallery FIFTY ONE took place in the spring of 2018. 

 

selected Solo Exhibitions 

2018 

A Moment of Collective Concentration during the Expedition, Emergent, (Veurne, Belgium) 

Quietly Humming thoughts, Gallery FIFTY ONE (Antwerp, Belgium) 

2017 

To be determined. According to the situation, SMAK (Ghent, Belgium) 

2016 

The Stage between the more and less, Galerie Kromus+Zink (Berlin, Germany) 

Senhor Palhaço, Small Art Center (Antwerp, Belgium) 

In anticipation of improvement, Be-Part (Waregem, Belgium) 

Quatro Grãos, billboard series (Ghent, Belgium) 

Exercises, Art Rotterdam (performance, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 

2015 

Native Constructions (Waldkirchen, Germany) 

Various parts, present on al levels, Centrum voor Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg (art integration, Aalst, Belgium) 

Collection of Components, Teylers Museum (Haarlem, The Netherlands) 

Workshop and walldrawing, Atelier e Galeria Art de Rua Manguecrew (Recife, Brazil) 

2014 

The Woodcut series, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke (Ghent, Belgium) 

2013 

S-trails, Loods 12 (Wetteren, Belgium) 

The Big Convoy, KIOSK, KASK (book presentation, Ghent, Belgium) 

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2012 

The Big Convoy, Galerie Annie Gentils (Antwerp, Belgium) 

2008 

Flemish Voodoo, Gallery Annie Gentils (Antwerp, Belgium) 

2007 

Betonsculpturen, vzw Croxhapox (Ghent, Belgium) 

2004 

STUK Kunstencentrum vzw (Leuven, Belgium) 

2002 

Wonen in een hoofd als een huiselijk avonturier, 1:13, Galerij De Lege Ruimte, (Ghent, Belgium) 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2019 

Thinking With My Hands, Galerie Zink (Waldkirchen, Germany) 

This Must Be The Place, Galerie Maurits van de Laar (The Hague, The Netherlands) 

2018 

Comme les nuages, les formes du monde tournent les unes dans les autres, Centre d'Art Contemporain Chanot, Clamart, (Paris, France) 

2017 

Façade (Middelburg, The Netherlands) 

Adele, Galerie Zink (Waldkirchen, Germany) 

Le Nouvel Observateur, Hof ter Saksen (Beveren, Belgium) 

2016 

Greetings from Ghent, Galerie Zink (Waldkirchen, Germany) 

Based on many faces, Coup de ville (Coup de ville version, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) 

Drawing Front, Drawing Centre (Diepenheim, The Netherlands) 

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2015 

Vormidable. Flemish sculpture (The Hague, The Netherlands) 

2014 

Conflicts, Vierkante zaal, Academie Sint-Niklaas (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) 

Een onvervalste leugen, Emergent (Veurne, Belgium) 

Separation of Concerns, Villa De Olmen (Wieze, Belgium) 

Museum to scale 1:7, project Galerie Ronny Van de Velde (Antwerpen, Belgium) + KMSKB, Brussel, Belgium + The Baker Museum, Florida, USA + Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 

De Zee, Galerie Maurits van de Laar (The Hague, The Netherlands) 

2013 

Constructies, Emergent (Veurne, Belgium) 

2012 

Façade, vzw Netwerk (Aalst, Belgium) 

Duotentoonstelling Martin Assig + Dirk Zoete, Galerie Maurits van de Laar (The Hague, The Netherlands) 

Hermetic City, Garage Rotterdam (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 

Arcadian Boxes, Gallery Siakos-Hanappe (Athens, Greece) 

2011 

Morrens en De Boe Productions, Aux Brasseurs (Liège, Belgium) 

Tijdelijk Verblijf, Kasteel D’Aspermont-Lynden (Oud-Rekem, Belgium) 

Zweierlei, Klingental (Basel, Switzerland) 

2009 

Landart project, Art Station Wilheminapolder, (Zeeland, The Netherlands) 

2008 

Voorkamer (Lier, Belgium) 

The hands of art, SMAK (Ghent, Belgium) 

The hands of art, MARTa (Herford, Germany) 

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2007 

Nieuwe Collectie, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly (Lier, Belgium) 

Offene Ateliers, Atelierhaus des Bonner Kunstvereins (Bonn, Germany) 

Bruegel Revisited, Kasteel van Bouchout, Nationale Plantentuin (Meise, Belgium) 

Wat is/Wat zou kunnen, W139 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 

2005 

Kunst en Zwalm (Zwalm, Belgium) 

Les Ventinelles, Edition 2005 Flandre (Angles, France) 

2004 

Zie Tekening, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly (Lier, Belgium) 

Oogst – Récolte – Harvest, Caermersklooster, Provinciale Prijs Beeldende kunst (Ghent, Belgium) 

2003 

Beeld in Park, Felix Hap Park (Brussels, Belgium) 

Fairs 

2019 Art Brussels @ Gallery FIFTY ONE (Brussels, Belgium) 

Publications 

2020 The Cactus Derivatives, Gallery FIFTY ONE Publishing (Belgium) 

2018 To be Determined. According to the Situation, SMAK & Mousse Publishing (Belgium) 

2017 Not a Day without a Line. We, down the Road (Janssen, Peeters, Zoete), APE (Belgium) 

2016 Masks, Notebook 1 

The Be-Part Exercises, Roma Publications (Belgium/The Netherlands) 

2014 Careful Dressage, Croxhapox (Belgium) 

2013 The Big Convoy, Posture Editions #5 (Belgium) 

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Collections 

Teylers Museum (Haarlem, The Netherlands) 

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 

Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap (Belgium) 

Various private collections