GLEAN (EN) 5, Autumn 2024

GLEAN 5 is out now! With Orla Barry as Guest Editor and a Brussels City Report.

Artist Edition by Kendell Geers
Each issue of GLEAN features a cover based on a unique artist edition. For this issue we’ve invited the Brussels-based artist Kendell Geers. His print edition draws on decades of research into Marcel Duchamp’s brief but pivotal visit to Munich in 1912. Geers’ intricate Le Vrai Faucon is printed in an edition of 20 (plus 2 APs). Now available at editions.glean.art

Guest Editor: Orla Barry
Our Guest Editor for this issue is artist and shepherd Orla Barry, whose contribution is both grounded and compelling. At Barry’s request, this section is set in a font (Atkinson Hyperlegible) that is accessible to readers with dyslexia. She invited Sebastian Cichocki to write a text about her practice and Kathleen Weyts had an in-depth interview with Barry. In close collaboration with the designers, Barry also compiled a visual essay consisting of text fragments, film stills and quotes, and image contributions from Irish artists Gary Coyle, Mairead O’hEocha, Maria McKinney, Alice Maher and Dorothy Cross. A truly joint effort!

City Report: Brussels
We’re delighted to introduce GLEAN’s City Report. Each issue will bring an art lover’s perspective on a different city. Kicking off the season in our home city was a no-brainer. Check out the artistic responses to the city by the Brussels-born artist and photographer Maxime Fauconnier and the group of artists Natural Contract Lab (NCL), whose contribution focuses on mapping the ‘SZenne’ river that runs so elusively (yet significantly) through the city.

Nástio Mosquito
Angolan-born artist Nástio Mosquito has been living and working in Ghent for a number of years. His country of residence is now providing the venue for a retrospective exhibition. From 10 October, M HKA in Antwerp will host ‘King of Klowns’, a solo exhibition highlighting Mosquito’s varied oeuvre. Read about the many layers, themes and personas in the artist’s work in the thoughtful feature by Maluza Vindes.

Studio Visits
We’re back with two local studio visits in this issue. Artist and writer Michaela Schweighofer dropped by Lisa Vlaemminck’s studio in Molenbeek (and found ‘a lot’ of painting). Curator Laila Melchior had an enriching conversation with her compatriot, the Brazilian artist Paloma Bosquê (after being greeted with a typical Brazilian cafézinho). Complementing the writers’ contributions, both artists’ studios were wonderfully caught on camera by Tom Van Hee and Dries Segers.

Lucy McKenzie
Lucy McKenzie’s solo exhibition ‘Super Palace’ at Z33 in Hasselt will open on 29 September. McKenzie, a Scottish artist based in Brussels, is primarily known as a painter, but she also works with many other media and incorporates a wide range of artistic techniques; in fact, her new show promises to be anything but two-dimensional. There will be a shopfront, street lamps, statues, even a subway station. Read Febe Lamiroy’s interview with the artist.

… and more!
As usual, GLEAN 5 is bursting with content. Other artists featured include Kasper Bosmans, Joar Nango, Wu Tsang, and KANAL-Centre Pompidou’s new Curator-at-large Sandrine Colard. WIELS director Dirk Snauwaert has written an obituary for Kasper König, the self-styled ‘Ausstellungsmacher’ (‘exhibition-maker’) who passed away on 9 August 2024. We review shows from Busan to Basel. And alongside his cover for this issue, Kendell Geers will be unpacking his research on Marcel Duchamp over the next four issues, starting at the very beginning of the story: Duchamp’s Endgame. Happy reading!