Painting

Painting is a complex territory which carries with it a powerful historical legacy, but which must constantly redefine itself in the present. The studio aims to reflect this complexity, this practice which must periodically set out the conditions of its appearance. In it, the artist-in-training is led to investigate the notions of surface, flatness, object, perception, colour field and gestuality, but also the notions of concept, imagery and process. They thus position themselves in relation to their singular research focuses, guided by the aesthetic, formal and political issues of pictoriality.
The Painting studio is a laboratory which interrogates the pictorial medium in all of its forms. The students are encouraged to fulfil themselves as artists, to discover autonomy in their personal work. They are very quickly considered not as learners subjected to exercises, but as creators offering their own specific view of the world. They are given the opportunity to experiment with techniques, materials and various media, but also with modes of expression such as photography, video, installation, writing, etc. in order to produce an effective and singular stereoscopic image.

The teaching staff, composed of a diverse range of artists, responds in personal, informal discussions, or in presentations of work attended by the entire department. These contrasting confrontations -- sometimes paradoxically -- offer students an enlightening perspective, sometimes causing them to doubt themselves, pushing them to choose a direction, a colour, an answer which will make their work even more personal, more radical. They are constantly referred to historical and current events in artistic practice, helping them situate themselves in their own critical and personal art histories.

The first two years of study are particularly open to experimentation and a transversal approach to media. In the Bachelor degree year, students focus on intensifying their personal projects, developing a critical eye in the work process.

The second cycle (Master) focuses on an individual project based on two principles: the contract link between the student and his or her teachers, as well as confrontation and exchange, for experimental and appropriative purposes. Students, who have retained the knowledge acquired in previous years, choose the direction for their work, communicating their intentions through their plastic language. The goal in the Master’s program is the full autonomy of its students as they transition to professional life. Their work is finished, set and staged in space in exhibition conditions for the graduate jury, with full awareness of the process and content involved.

The teaching staff at La Cambre, as well as guests from the outside, strives to create high level professional conditions and to develop students’ research aptitudes in the Painting field.

Students study:

  • the relationship of art to its practices, techniques and technologies;
  • the theoretical dimension of art and its multiple relationships to knowledge;
  • the implementation of a project and the logistical aspects of research;

  • plastic, formal and technical experimentation in pictorial processes;
  • the ontology of the art work, its critical dimension, its conditions for existence and implementation;
  • the stakes involved in art and function, the status of the artist-creator and his or her place in our contemporary societies

In the second cycle students begin to establish their sources, their territories, their commitments, collecting real-time data, consolidating the necessary technical and conceptual bases to develop their personal artistic projects in the many contexts in contemporary creation. These axes are explored constantly throughout a research process maintained through their classwork and interactions with outside partners. Their graduating dossier is accompanied by dedicated mentors; students produce artist’s editions and a written, reflective dissertation describing in detail the issues in their work.

Pedagogical coordination

Olivier Drouot, bachelier Xavier Noiret-Thomé, master

Professors
Bénédicte Henderick, Benoît Dusart

Assistants Emeline Depas, François Jacob

Lecturers
Vincent Geyskens, Charlotte Beaudry, Julien Meert, Carole Vanderlinden

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00-Performance-lors-du-jury-M2,-septembre-2020
Performance lors du jury M2, septembre 2020
01-Evaluations-d'un-étudiant-B3
Évaluations d'un étudiant de B3, 2020
02-Vue-de-latelier-bachelier
Vue de l'atelier de Bachelier, 2020
03-Performance-lors-du-jury-de-fin-detudes,-septembre-2020
Performance lors du jury de fin d'études, 2020
05-Lecture-de-Caroline-Dumalin-en-Master-2
Lecture de Caroline Dumalin en Master 2, 2020
06-Visite-de-la-fondation-Philippe-Vandenberg
Visite de la Fondation Philippe Vandenberg, 2020
07-Vue-d'atelier-Master
Vue d'atelier de Master, 2020
08-Vue-d'atelier
Vue d'atelier, 2020
09-Vue-d'atelier
Vue d'atelier, 2020
Lecture de travaux
Lecture de travaux avec Aurélie Gravas, Master
Jury
Jury avec Julien Meert, Toma Mutebe, Olivier Drouot, Bénédicte Henderick et Xavier Noiret-Tomé, Master
Vue d'atelier
Vue d'atelier, Master, 2019
Peinture 1
Divers étudiants, Skatepark visuel, Journées Portes ouvertes, workshop sur la question du stockage, Mars 2017
Peinture 2
Anita Schneider, Bachelier, accrochage de Jury, toile, végétaux, Juin 2017
Peinture 3
Naomi Gilon, Bachelier, accrochage de jury, capot de voiture, peinture, fleurs artificielles, Mai 2017
Peinture 4
Visite d’exposition, Painting after postmodernism, Espace Vanderborght, devant les travaux de Joris Ghekiere, Octobre 2016
Peinture 5
Stéphane Abitbol, Master, accrochage de jury, techniques mixtes sur toile, juin 2017
Peinture 6
Anthony Ngoya, Bachelier, accrochage de jury, techniques mixtes sur toile, octobre 2017