Simple Present

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Tilburg University

Simple Present

Danckaert, B.F.A.

Publication date: 2014 Document Version

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Danckaert, B. F. A. (2014). Simple Present. Lannoo Publishers.

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Bert Danc

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ert dr

ew the eighty-six photographs in this b

ook fr

om eighteen cities on four

conti-nents between 200

7 and 20

13. Depending on the spect

ator’s empathy , Danc k a ert’s photographs may be r e ad on formal or document ary levels, or b o th. He turns or dinary , often unr ecognizable fragments of urban r e

ality into extraor

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inary works that r

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veal a pr

ofound knowledge and

under-st

anding of the history of modern art, especially its painterly

, narrative, conceptual and

construc-tivist curr

ents. Inge Henneman, former curator of the Museum of Photography in Antwerp and

pr

ofessor of the history of photography at the Royal Ac

ademy of Fine Arts in the same city

, wr ote of his work: “Bert Danc k a ert’s bizarr e citysc a

pes deal with the parado

x

of non-figurative simplicity

, as

well as with the complexity of meaning and met

a

phor

. His ‘urban still-lives’ br

eathe a kind of strangeness that c a n only emanate fr om the familiar . ‘F

ound’ sidewalks, walls, and str

eet fur-nitur e r e fer mor e

to minimalist art than to the conventions of document

ary photography

. In his

absur

d compositions, a r

e

cognizable and banal r

e

ality appears as a st

age set, pr

ops and tr

ompe-l’œil included, while the actors ar

e absent. ” D a n c ka e rt ( b .1965 )

lives and works in his native city of Antwerp, wher

e he studied at the

National Higher Institute of Fine Arts (N

H

IS

K) and the Royal Ac

ademy of Fine Arts (KAS

K

A).

He now teac

hes photography at the latter

. Danc

k

a

ert also writes on photography

. His texts ar

e

published r

egularly in several r

eputed periodic

als. Bert Danc

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ROBERTO POLO GALLERY

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COLOPHON

All the photographs illustrated in this book are archival pigment prints on fine art paper and measure 39 x 58 cm, except for those on Pp. 7, 27, 37, 51, 75, 105, 113, 141, 153, 161, 163 & 177, which measure 18.7 x 28 cm. We hereby express our gratitude to the following organization and persons for making this book possible: Peter Bialobrzeski, Jan Blommaert, Peter Boelens, Lynne Cohen,Thomas Crombez, Ellen Danckaert, Simon Danckaert, Els De bruyn, Karin Hanssen, Inge Henneman, Andrew Lugg, Johan Pas, Christian Patterson, POC (Piece of Cake), Roberto Polo, Marc Ruyters, Eric Ubben, Jos Van den Bergh, Lucas Vandervost, Adinda Van Geystelen, Kurt Vanhoutte and John Van Oers.

This book, which is dedicated to Karin Hanssen, Bert Danckaert’s lifelong supporter, is based on the results of a PhD research project at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, AP University College, Antwerp, and is published with their support, as well as with that of Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels. www.ap.be/academie

www.robertopologallery.com

A complementary book in the form of a novel titled ‘De extra’s’, by Bert Danckaert, published by EPO, Antwerp, is also available. Bert Danckaert is a member of POC (Piece of Cake),

a European network of contemporary photographers, www.pocproject.com

www.bert-danckaert.be www.lannoo.com

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