Nel Aerts ‘Hundred Zundert’ Posture Editions (‘oei’ [uj] is a Dutch-language

(‘oei’ [uj] is a Dutch-language interjection uttered to express a spontaneous reaction to an unexpected occurrence

the curator of the exhibition at WIELS

With the support of fondation Plage pour l’Art

a publication with recent still lifes by Van

the art historian Leen Huet places Otten in a tradition of self-confident

Nel Aerts ‘Hundred Zundert’ Posture Editions (‘oei’ [uj] is a Dutch-languageNel Aerts (b. 1987) moves in a freely, intuitive way between different media as painting, drawing, collage, performance and sculpture. Since a few years she focuses more often on the portrait genre, which she visualises on paper or on wooden panels, with careful attention to the different qualities of each material. As such, she is creating a large collection (family almost) of posing subjects caught between abstract patterns and hard edged