GHENT.- Brian Harte works primarily as a painter, creating stark and cinematic images of domestic scenes. Harte balances energetic painterly abstraction with tightly composed interiors, taking conceptual cues from diverse cultural figures as Franz Kafka, Philip Guston, The Brothers Quay, and Albert Oehlen. One of the key features of Brian Harte’s paintings is his bold use of color and the undetermined state of the depicted figures, midway between sketchy and finished. The viewer’s eye travels through the richly detailed and chaotic spaces on the large canvases, slowly finding familiar elements that may not be noticed at first glance. In his work, Harte explores the relationship between abstraction and figuration, between the sketchy and the finished, a process that resonates with the tradition of British painting.
Brian Harte (IR, 1978) lives and works in Thurles, Ireland. Harte’s work is currently on view at WHAT Museum, Tokyo (JP) and ‘Generation 2022: New Irish Painting, Butler Gallery (IR). Recent solo exhibitions include ‘8 Paintings ( from the midlands ), MAKI Gallery, Tokyo (JP), ‘Endless Worlds’, Annarumma Gallery, Napoli (IT), ‘Everything you touch’, GNYP Gallery, Berlin (DE), ‘Subbuteo’, These Days, Los Angeles (USA), ‘Table Manners’, Jan Forbes Gallery, Malibu (USA) and ’This Life Domestic’, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco (USA). Harte is part of multiple public and private collections, including OKETA Collection in Japan, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Germany and Bank of Ireland. He is represented by Simchowitz Gallery in Los Angeles (USA), GNYP Gallery in Berlin (DE) and MAKI Gallery in Tokyo (JP).
SYNTHESIS / Ria Bosman
Ria Bosman is fascinated by colour and matter. Her colourful, abstract artwork includes dozens of sketch- and workbooks, works on paper, textile paintings, tile and object paintings, and monumental leather and textile structures. Characteristic are the intense colours and the minimal, geometric design, rooted in a refined use of colour, a great sensitivity to materials, and a strong technical intuition. Ria Bosman’s pure, colourful visual language is rooted in the artist’s inner (experiential) world, which she words using terms such as peace, quiet, harmony, balance, connection, and intense experience. What drives her research are therefore not purely formal-analytical thought processes, but rather a thorough aesthetic and a consistent attitude towards life—a so-called state of mind. Her work aims to evoke a spiritual experience and emotions. She often picks shades intuitively—her selection is related to what’s on her mind, and the topics that require further rearranging and attention.
Ria Bosman (BE, 1956) lives and works in Ghent (BE). 'SYNTHESIS' is Bosman's third solo exhibition at the gallery. The first extensive catalogue on Bosman’s oeuvre ‘Selected Works 1978-2021’, designed by Luc De Rycke, published by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts and printed by Cassochrome, will be launched at the opening with a panel talk at 8 pm between the artist & the authors moderated by Luc Derycke.
