Omnia Vanitas

Artist list

Faezeh Afchary-Kord, Nathalie Amand, Tanneke Barendregt, Alice Bertrand, Philippa Beveridge, Frédéric Braham, Philippe Brodzki, Isabelle Carpentier, Sébastien Carré, Anne-Sophie Costenoble, Rose-Marie Crespin, Betty Cuykx, Emmanuelle Darnault, Estefânia De Almeida, Anke De Kort, Trees Demits, Nathalie Desmedt, Nicolas Destino, Camille Dupuis, Emelyne Duval, Ana Escobar, Hilde Foks, Trini Gainza, Adinda Goddyn, Elodie Gonzalvez, Sabine Herman, Peter Hoogeboom, Garp Irving, Delphine Joly, Christer Jonsson, Arthur Kempenaar, Désirée Kerklaan, Anke Land, Nathalie Latour, Claire Lavendhomme, Thérèse Lebrun, Antoine Leperlier, Geraldine Luttenbacher, Jana Machatova, Kadri Maelk, Jorge Manilla, François Marcadon, Helena Mark, Olga Mathey, Laurence Meyer, Julika Müller, Rosa Nogues, Berbara Paganin, Renzo Pasquale, Patboun, Monika Patuszynska, Nathalie Perret, Ruudt Peters, Alet Pilon, Olivier Reman, Hélène Riviere, Sophie Schraen, Johanna Schweizer, Carolein Smit, Alejandra Solar, Olivier Sonck, Luus Urmas, Dorothée Van Biesen, Monique Voz, Annamaria Zanella

Vanity is a theme as old as the existence of Art itself. “Remember you will die” whispered the slave to the Roman General during the triumphs. Nowadays, this superstition which became obsession cannot be hidden. Her rebirth in the Contemporary Art is such that Vanity has become true fashion or a lifestyle. “Vanitas vanitatum, omnia vanitas”. How better than the current age of technology and overconsumption to update this adage? In this month of the dead, Omnia Vanitas proposes a stop in space-time, a time for reflexion to ask themselves the right questions once again.
On this occasion, the WCC-BF and the Koma Gallery exposed 62 artists from Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Finland and Estonia. In their own way, each of them present their personal interpretation of death and Vanity. As in the exhibition of the European Price for Applied Arts, the artworks will be seen with all the contemplation and the reflexion it requires. In its own way, Omnia will propose to visitors a more intimate perspective on our relationship with life and death.