Born in 1985 in Roeselare, Belgium – Lives and works Bruxelles, Belgium.
Alex Verhaest’s work focuses on language, history and the impossibility to communicate. At the base of each creation, there is a story, already existing or written specifically for the project whose scenario is analysed. The artist’s highly pictorial work is born from the juxtaposition of painting, photography and video. His previous movies, such as Dead Time, framed like paintings in iPads, feel like animated painting that have travelled through time and are reminiscent of Flemish and Dutch still life paintings.
As part of the celebrations for its tenth anniversary, CENTRALE is proposing a unique exhibition inspired by the original identity of the location (a former power station). From 24 March 2016 onwards, CONNECTED will reveal itself as a surprising and unusual journey, a voyage actively involving the spectator across the unique worlds of twenty Belgian and international artists.
© Thomas Zipp Installation
With the support of Karine Lalieux, Deputy Mayor for Culture of the City of Brussels, CONNECTED proposes variations on the theme of the physical and psychic connection to artistic creation: machine bodies (Fritz Kahn, Wim Delvoye), existential implication (Orlan, Opalka, Stelarc), singular and psychedelic visions of the body (Lubos Plny, Jean Perdrizet, Henri Ughetto), virtual experiences and perceptions (...