Belgium is a country of art collectors (in fact Belgians are even avid collectors in general), but it’s also houses some really talented young artists. One of those young art wolves is Antwerp native Andy Wauman.
His works speak about the possibility of freedom. They are messages with a romantic sense for anarchy and love. In his statements, he often uses images that have been violated, multiplied and copied by commercial media.  Within an upcoming movement of new young artists using the language of the social context they grew up in, with the so-called popular culture and media as basic ingredients, Andy Wauman’s feeling for materials and authentic meaning is a marker.
Andy, who is also a talented skateboarder, tries to inject the spontaneous energy from the street into his artistic practice. In his own words: “I try to create my own contribution to the ‘revolution of everyday life’ in the shape of texts and objects.†His latest exhibition called “The Golden Bullet that takes a million years to hit.†took place at the Deweer Gallery in the tiny city of Otegem (but please do check the artists they’ve already put on show). Below you can see some of the exhibition images and if you’re in Brussels to go to Art Brussels or SLICK (the first OFF fair of Art Brussels) in April, don’t forget to check out his works.
Biography
Andy Wauman’s works speak about the possibility of freedom. They are messages with a romantic sense for anarchy and love. In his statements, he often uses images that have been violated, multiplied and copied by commercial media. He recuperates common metaphors and symbols and gives them back their original romantic touch or even ideological meaning. The poetic quality is striking.
Within an upcoming movement of new young artists using the language of the social context they grew up in, with the so-called popular culture and media as basic ingredients, Andy Wauman’s feeling for materials and authentic meaning is a marker.
In a personal statement, Wauman comments on the nature of his artistic personality:
“Generally my work has it’s origins in my conviction that a truly living culture can only arise from social structures and that the only theory a contemporary artist can feed on is necessarily a social one. I do not recycle existing forms, I try to make new ones based on my own background. Which is what distinguishes an artist from a marketeer. I try to inject the spontaneous energy from the street into my artistic practice, and I create my own contribution to the ‘revolution of everyday life’ in the shape of texts and objects.Therefor, a recurrent element in my work is my protesting against cynicism and a preference for the sensuality and romantic value of the materials of the street, the ones the vagabond knows better than the bourgeois. But rather than a political activist, I like to call myself a poetical terrorist. “
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