Hadrien Loumaye

The series Bouquet of Flowers and Postcard Paintings show different variations of the same subject. Beyond a colored declination of the same motif, the pictorial handling oscillates between abstract and stylized paintings, reminding the stylistic researches of diverse artistic movements. The bouquet of flowers is indeed an academic and classical theme as well as an object of exploration in the way of painting for the European avant-garde. It was the hobbyhorse of the Modernists to create formal deconstruction. As the bouquet is an ultimate subject of painting, here it acts as a non-subject as it has been represented so many times. As a result it makes us focus mainly on the painterly gestures. These series play with the decorative aspect of the painting, through its subject matter (a photography taken on internet to give a sense of impersonality) but also through the choice of the color palette purposely watered down. More broadly, it proposes a reflection on what is considered good taste or kitsch.

Biography

Hadrien Loumaye is a Belgian artist born in 1999. He lives and works in Brussels. He graduated from La Cambre Art School in Brussels.

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Untitled, Maison Tenaerts, Sep, Brussels, BE
Open Atelier, The green Corridor, Jan, Brussels, BE

2021
- Screenshot Paintings, Barbara Club, Nov, Brussels, BE
- I Love Paris, The Pole Gallery, Paris Jul, Paris, FR

Group Shows

2023

- Insights Inside, Blossom Art Agency, Annecy, FR
- I think I’ve been there before, KCCC Klaipeda and Krupa Art Gallery Foundation curated by Natalia Barczyńska, Klaipėda, LTI.
- Que viennent les printemps, La galerie du Montparnasse, Paris, FR.

2022
- Devenir l’estran, Melissa Anssel, Mar, Brussels, BE.
- Métamorphose, IGN, Feb, Brussels, BE.
- St Valentin, Erg Gallery, Feb, Brussels, BE
- Escape, Galerie Devint, Jan, Paris, FR.

2021
- Animals Are Smoking, Damichele, Nov, Brussels, BE.
- A Boire Et À Manger ,Centre Tour A Plomb Sept, Brussels, BE.
- Belgicart, Curated by Sam Dillemans Stichting IJsberg, Jul, Damme, BE.
- Butterfly, Galerie Devint, Jun, Paris, 27 Boulevard du Temple, FR.
- Garden Party, Abbaye de la Cambre Mar, Brussels, BE.
- Neither Fact Nor To Do, La Banque, Jan, Brussels, BE.