Charmaine de Heij
Charmaine de Heij investigates personal and contested histories with her artistic work.
The work takes the form of photographs which often include still-life and portraiture. She reflects with photography on contemporary issues, that also concern her on a personal level.
Charmaine examines the incomprehension of the world we live in today and occurrences close to her.
The topics her photography touches are various: they can come from a psychological state of being to identity.
Charmaine comes from a mixed heritage, the Netherlands and Suriname. With her work she wants to be a representation of her cultural heritage and create understanding.
Photography's ability to blur truth and fiction is for her a compelling quality. De Heij digs into hidden memories and creates representation of what can be lost in the mind.
Her work reveals the invisible and creates a space for dialogue that invites the viewer to question the work. Charmaine wants to hold up a mirror with her photography.
Red flesh
The body is an apparatus. A body is gazed upon, objectified. Politicised. Vulnerable. Unique. A framework as a sculpture, an almost bare representation. Does this state of nature make you feel uncomfortable? Is it empowering or a threat?
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“Bloot”
A group exhibition with 10 young artists all over Flanders. Curating the young brings photography, paintings, poetry... to the streets of Brussels, Leuven, Ghent, Antwerp and Hasselt.
What does "Bloot" mean? It's nakedness, in all its forms. Discover how the artists translate this theme each in their own way.
This exhibition was made possible by Curating The Young, a young and dynamic curatorial collective that makes space for up-and-coming talent. For five years now, they have been providing a stage for young artists.
>> Click here for an overview of the artists, routes and locations <<