Solange Knopf

Solange Knopf (born 1957, Brussels, Belgium) is an artist who often work atop pages of books and Baudelaire's poetry. Knopf's work has been featured at a collection of note-worthy institutions, including the Menil Collection (Houston, Texas), Galerie Dettinger-Mayer (Lyon, France), and Cavin-Morris Gallery (New York).

Née à Bruxelles en 1957, Solange Knopf vit et travaille à Spa (Belgique).

Ses œuvres font partie de plusieurs collections muséales en Europe et aux États-Unis, dont la « Menil Collection « à Houston , ainsi que de diverses collections en Europe et U.S.A. Elle expose régulièrement dans des galeries , participe à des événements et foires d'art en France, en Belgique et aux États-Unis depuis 2003.

Marquée par les voyages qui ont été autant d’expériences spirituelles elle a poursuivi l’exploration de son monde intérieur par le dessin.

Ses dessins sont des labyrinthes dans lesquels elle nous guide sans connaître elle-même le chemin vers la sortie. Seul compte le cheminement.

Elle est représentée par la galerie Cavin - Morris Gallery à New- York

Art

Knopf began classes at the Art School of Ixelles in 1998, only to quit due to their rigidity. Instead she continued on her own path and continued to make art without instruction, allowing her drawings to flow out of her. Randall Morris describes her work, "She has used her own soul to travel to these places and then shapes them into storytelling for our benefit. She does not hide the frightening and painful parts but she blends them into the story naturally. They are both new and familiar and when they are new she weaves (through drawing) an amuletic web around them, and when they are familiar she owns them in such a way that we see them in ways we have never seen them before."[1]

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • Spirit Codex: Drawings by Solange Knopf, May 1 - June 5, 2014, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY[2]

Group Exhibitions

  • As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither, Jun 10 – Oct 16, 2016, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX[3]

References
  1. "SOLANGE KNOPF : (born 1957 in Brussels, Belgium) : Solo Exhibitions" (PDF). Cavin-Morris Gallery. Retrieved 2017-07-01 – via Squarespace.
  2. "Spirit Codex: Drawings by Solange Knopf". CAVIN-MORRIS GALLERY. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  3. "As Essential As Dreams Self Taught Art From The Collection Of Stephanie And John Smither - The Menil Collection". The Menil Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
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