GALERIE THOMAS SCHULTE

Peter ROGIERS PRESS RELEASE

2012 2008 2007

2012

March 17 until April 21, 2012

This presentation of the new sculpture Geen Titel, which was specially created for the gallery’s high-ceilinged corner room, marks the third occasion on which Thomas Schulte has shown works by the Belgian sculptor Peter Rogiers (born 1967 in Antwerp, lives and works in Oud-Heverlee, Belgium). Rogiers’ ironic-expressive works hover between abstraction and figuration. They are characterised by an overwhelming spatial impact and are firmly rooted in art history. Rogiers draws both on the most varied aspects of the European sculpture tradition and on popular culture, citing to an equal degree sculptures by Brancusi and Richard Serra and B-movies and comics. He not only uses found material, but repeatedly varies elements of his own works, thus creating totally new connections within which to explore the potential of contemporary sculpture.

Unlike Rogiers’ earlier works, Geen Titel (Untitled) has no narrative structures and the artist’s choice of title has also deliberately left the work open to interpretation. Its focus is more on the psychological impact of the composition and the interplay of mass, weight and the light that shines through the sculpture.

Peter Rogiers, born in 1967 in Antwerp, lives and works near Leuven in Belgium. He has recently had solo exhibitions at De Garage in Mechelen in Belgium (spring 2008), at Roberts & Tilton in Los Angeles and at Galerie Thomas Schulte (2007) as well as in the Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp. The same year saw Rogiers’ take part in the group exhibition "Black is Black" in the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent. His works are found in numerous museums and private collections.