11 Sep 2011

Opening of the New Gallery Space: Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent

Galerie Tatjana Pieters has moved to Nieuwevaart 124, Ghent (BE).

This relocation is another step in the growth of the gallery, which since its inception in October 2005 has become one of the major players for contemporary art in Ghent and Flanders. The grand opening of the new location will take place during the opening weekend on 17 & 18 September. The gallery opens with a straightforward group show with works of E.K. Brusselmans, Yves Coussement, Bart De Clercq, Damien De Lepeleire, Johan De Wilde, Stef Driesen, Rein Dufait, Anneke Eussen, Frederic Geurts, Nathalie Guilmot, Heide Hinrichs, Allison Hrabluik, Julia Spinola, Derek Sullivan, Walter Swennen, Dennis Tyfus, Philippe Van Snick, Adriaan Verwée, Leon Vranken, Anne Wenzel.

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OPENING WEEKEND PROGRAMME

Saturday 17.09 ::

8 pm /
Official Opening with introduction by
Joost Declercq (MDD) & Philippe Van Cauteren (dir. S.M.A.K.)
11 pm /
Opening Party @ White Cat / Drongenhof 40, Patershol Gent

Sunday 18.09 ::

11 am /
Gallery Brunch
3 pm /
Too Noisy Fish / Peter Vandenberghe (piano), Teun Verbruggen (drums) &
Kristof Roseeuw (double bass)

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After 5 years at the Burggravenlaan 40 in Ghent, Galerie Tatjana Pieters has moved to Nieuwevaart 124 this summer. This relocation is another step in the growth of the gallery, which since its inception in October 2005 has become one of the major players for contemporary art in Ghent and Belgium.

Committed to the importance of art within a social framework, even outside the gallery context, the choice to relocate to the 'peripheral context' of Ghent and to move to an even larger space was on explicit one. No central location in a matchbox, but a clear position in a location where the operation of the gallery becomes a surplus for the artistic atmosphere. Not only locally but also nationally and internationally. Pioneers work, 'think local, act global' instead of 'act global, think local'.

This peripheral character is also consistent with the artistic choices of the gallery: presenting artists before they are emerging or re- contextualizing mid- career/established artists that have been overlooked. Galerie Tatjana Pieters chooses to function as a katalysator in the growth of the artist's artistic development & career.

The new gallery location offers a larger exhibition space creating a platform that allows room for experiment and functions as a transit to an institutional level, Underlining the vision that a gallery must be a space to create exhibitions and must remain, hence the choice of an even more institutional space.

The gallery has moved to an old warehouse in a new development area of Ghent, near the water. In an area where currently many new artistic initiatives occur: artist studios (Het Vogelnest), architectural bureaus, rehearsal rooms for dance (Ballet C de la B) and music .... The district has all potential to become the 'Chelsea of Ghent'.

The grand opening of the new location will take place during the opening weekend on 17 & 18 September. The gallery opens with a straightforward group show without an imposed theme, with artists of the gallery and some new introductions: the works should speak for themselves, as does the vision of the gallery.