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Vaast Colson (1977) is an artist who teaches at Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

He’s one of the artist-teachers involved in 20eventi 2009.

As artist he takes advantage of installations, performances, actions and interventions to create a space wherein form can be originated. His job is determined by the circumstances, the location or by the audience. This audience can be an art lover or a passerby. The content of his work is subtle, generous and engaging. Intense physical or mental efforts are often part of it. His only dedication is the process based on the signification. Therefore the ultimate image or product is a composed document: a sculpture, a movie, a photograph or installation.

Vaast Colson - Trying to be Dennis Tyfus

April 19, 2009 Posted by es | Emanuele Sbardella | 20 eventi | academia belgica, antwerp, anversa, vaast colson | 1 Comment

20eventi_Vaast Colson

Hans Theys ha realizzato numeosi video su Vaast Colson, ed ha recentemente caricato video realizzato durante una visita presso l’atelier dell’artista belga.

Vaast Colson è un artista insegnante che proviene dall’Accademia belga di Anversa http://www.artesis.be/academie/

Egli, insieme a Nadia Naveau, guiderà i giovani allievi dell’Accademia a realizzare opere appositamente per la Sabina.

Potete vedere (in italiano) alcune delle mostre realizzate da Vaast Colson:

> su Artfacts

> su UnDo

Si veda anche questa ricca pagina curata dallo stesso Hans Theys su Vaast Colson.

March 3, 2009 Posted by es | Emanuele Sbardella | 20 eventi, Critica - Gli artisti e le loro opere | accademia, antwerp, anversa, Artesis Hogeschool, artfacts, belgio, belgium, belle arti, koninklijke academie, undo, vaast colson | 1 Comment

About

20eventi is a shining example that proves that there is more to contemporary art than a handful of investors in just a few of the world’s great cities.

20eventi is the manifestation of the hope that art can and does flourish even in small towns and amongst people who don’t normally visit museums and art galleries.

20eventi, that celebrates its fourth anniversary in 2009, is all about inviting young artists from prestigious academies to come to the Sabina, a rural district not far from Rome, where, under the guidance of top-calibre artists-teachers, they have the opportunity to immerse themselves in village life and culture and work side-by-side with young Italians to
create installations and works of art in situ.

The first event in 2006 featured the pupils of Giuseppe Penone from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, the second spotlighted the students of Karin Sander from the Weissensee Academy in Berlin whilst in 2008 it was the turn of Richard Wentworth and pupils from the Ruskin School of Oxford University.

In 2009, the Sabina is looking forward to welcoming students from four different academies – two of which are Belgian, whilst Italy will be represented by the “Belle Arti” from Rome and the Brera from Milan.

The two short-term goals of 20eventi are to provide young artists with an opportunity to experience new surroundings and a different way of life and local communities to encounter contemporary art on their doorstep.

Long-term however, the plan for the coming years is to establish an Art Route through the Sabina and an open-air museum that will stimulate local interest in Art and the creative process, which is also the purpose behind the great efforts already being made in the
district’s schools, starting at nursery and elementary school levels.