“Ɖ Ẇîtčapl Gaḷri priznts a ny cmišn bî Duč ātist Bāt Lôḍvx. Ɖ xibišn z ɖ culminešn v a c̣labṛtv projct xplorñ drōñ az a sošl practis, in ẇč ɖ ātist wrct wɖ grūps v lôcl yuñ ppl.
Yzñ ŕbn invîrnmnts arnd ɖ wrld az a canvs fr hiz abstract čwcdrōñz, Lôḍvx wrcs acrs a wîd renj v contxts – fṛm rezidnšl bildñz in qayt sbrbn nêḅhdz t strītsrfisz in buslñ metṛpolitn sitīsentrz.
Stêtñ ɖt hiz lînz r md bʈ v čwc n trust h z intrestd in hâ drōñ cn b a sošl prôses bilt on conṿsešnz wɖ indivijlz or cmyṇtiz. Ẇl ɖ drōñz ofn diṣpir, ɖ stwriz n incântrz wɖ a plês r capčrd ʈru hiz raitñ.
Ɖ xibišn includz a siriz v ny čwcdrōñz md in rspons t ɖ gaḷrīspês n its srândñz n a ṣlẋn v ācîvl mtirı̣l fṛm past projcts.
T acumṗni ɖ xibišn a nyzpêpr dzînd in c̣laḅrešn wɖ ROMA Publicešnz dokments Lôḍvx’ rīsnt wrc in īst Lundn. Ɖ publicešn olso fīčrz imijz fṛm ɖ ātist’s c̣labṛtv wrcšops wɖ lôcl yuñ ppl, ẇr h fând ât abt hâ ɖe rlet t ɖ public n prîvt spêsz arnd ɖm.
Bāt Lôḍvx (1972) bgan mcñ wōldrōñz at Ɖ Acaḍmi v Āt n Dzîn St. Ywst in Brêdā n ɖ Pīt Zvāt Instityt, bʈ in ɖ Neɖrḷndz. H hz wrct on projcts in Lizbn, Pwtu, Vilemštat, Ronsa, Riu di Žneru, Slîgo n Gent.
Ɖs projct côinsîdz wɖ Advenčrz v ɖ Blac Sqr: Abstract Āt n Ssayti 1915–2015 (15 Jaňri – 6 Êpṛl 2015), a mêjr xibišn at ɖ Ẇîtčapl Gaḷri trêsñ a senčri v Abstract āt fṛm 1915 t tde.”
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