Opening: Friday, 14th February 2025 at 19:00
in the presence of the artist
Curated by Gertrud Peters
Photo:
Melanie Loureiro, exhibition view, The Interconnectedness of Creatures, KIT – Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, 2025. Photo : © Ivo Faber
In the framework of the group exhibition "About Epic Myths", Nosbaum Reding is glad to invite you to the following event, a proposal by and in the presence of Xavier Mary, accompanied by Brenda Guesnet:
17:00 : Film Conan the Barbarian by John Milius (1982)
19:30 : Talk Do you wanna live forever with Brenda Guesnet, curator and deputy director of IKOB and the artist Xavier Mary (born 1982 in Liège, lives and works in Brussels)
Following a screening of the 1982 cult film Conan the Barbarian, artist Xavier Mary and curator Brenda Guesnet discuss cinematic myth-making and the industrial realities of Liège, Mary's hometown. They will explore how steel drives the narrative and philosophy of the film and how this resonates with the rise and decline of Liège's metal industry -- intersecting stories that inspire the core of Mary's artistic practice.
FREE ENTRY
Location :
Nosbaum Reding | Bruxelles
Rue de la Concorde, 60
1050 Brussels
About Brenda Guesnet:
Brenda Guesnet (b. 1993, Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany) is a curator with an institutional and an independent practice. She is based in Brussels, Belgium.
Since 2021, she is working as Curator and Deputy Director of IKOB – Museum für Zeitgenössiche Kunst in Eupen, in the German-speaking community of Belgium. At IKOB, she has curated solo exhibitions by Arthur Cordier, CMMC, Kristina Benjocki, Marcin Dudek, Veronika Eberhart, Francis Feidler, Helen Anna Flanagan, Alexandra Tretter, among others, as well as the group exhibitions “Eat the Rainbow”, “All our Yesterdays”, and the “IKOB – Feminist Art Prize”. She also curates and coordinates the museum's public and educational programmes, and produces the podcast ‘apropos'.
Brenda Guesnet has been realising independent curatorial projects since 2015, often as part of the collective ANGL. She is co-founder of celador, an independent space in Brussels. Recent independent projects include “The Fountain Show” at Kunsthal Mechelen, “Open M | Hidden in Plain Sight” at M Leuven and “garage” at celador. From 2025, she is the curator for Liebaert Projects, a private foundation for contemporary art in Kortrijk, Belgium.
Brenda Guesnet previously worked in the Artist Liaison department at White Cube (2017-2020) and as a curatorial assistant at Tenderpixel Gallery (2016-17), both in London, after completing an MFA in Curating at Goldsmiths, University of London (2015-17).
Text © Brenda Guesnet
Image: Xavier Mary, Group exhibition view, About Epic Myths, Nosbaum Reding Bruxelles, Brussels, 2024-2025. Photo: © Audrey Jonchères
Nosbaum Reding
Booth B125
VENUE
BRAFA Art Fair – Brussels Expo
(Hall 3)
Place de Belgique 1
B-1020 Brussels
PUBLIC OPENING DAYS
26 January - 2 February 2025
With a selection of works by:
Karel Appel
Stephan Balkenhol
Stefaan De Croock
Damien Deroubaix
Günther Förg
JKB Fletcher
Alexandra Leyre Mein
Manuel Ocampo
Assan Smati
Jean-Luc Tartarin
Liliane Vertessen
Denyse Willem
Photo: Booth view, Nosbaum Reding, BRAFA, Brussels, 2025
Nina Tomàs. Artiste invitée dans le cadre des 40 ans du Prix Médiatine.
MILL – Musée Ianchelevici
Place communale 21
7100 La Louvière
Belgique
www.lemill.be
Commissariat de l'exposition:
Cécile Pocheau-Lesteven, conservateur en chef au département des Estampes et de la photographie, BnF
Lieu:
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Richelieu – Galerie Mansart - galerie Pigott
5, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
Lieu:
Richelieu
Musée de la BnF
5, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
© Photo credit:
Room view 'Collection of M', 2024, M Leuven, InC, photo: Dominique Provost
‘Collection of M' spans several centuries: from ancient masters to contemporary makers and everything in between. The new displays showcase the richness of M's collection and challenge you to actively look. Masterpieces and little-known gems take you down unexpected parallels or highlight the burning issues of the day.
Text: © M Leuven