Arne Reynaert

In his paintings, Arne Reynaert examines personal and sensitive positions people adopt naturally towards each other, in relation to their environment and themselves. The figures seem somehow or other to be lost in the present, in the indefinable moment between a (the) past and a (the) future. His work represents captivity in the present which, scientifically, does not even exist. And like time is (Einstein), the possible stories are no less relative to the spectator.
Transparency, transformation and missing bits in the figures could make us remember the disorder of matter we are born and have grown from; sometimes, drippings refer to the fact that we - or at least our bodies - will one day dissolve back to it.
Because the artist detests the gimmick, none of the above is a rule: in some of the recent works, the depicted people are the landscape, or the manipulated canvas becomes the landscape, or the people are simply missing (or missed by the spectator, to be correct).
On top, or underneath, the artist questions, philosophically, seemingly ordinary concepts which are part of our daily consciousness, a consciousness that is limited by the resolution of our senses, the capacity of our brain, the limited understanding of our enviro...

Sint Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design (great distinction); Fine Arts Academy of Leuven;Many group and solo shows in Belgium, few abroad (US, Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, Morocco) - complete listing see http://www.rein-art.be

Solo exhibitions (selection)
• REIN-ART first solo, Leuven (B) - 1989
• Cultural centre Westrand, Dilbeek (B) - 1990
• Public centre Scharpoord, Knokke Heist (B) - 1990
• Cultural centre Anto Diez, Bredene (B) - 1990
• Cultural centre Hasselt, Hasselt (B) - 1991
• Central city library, Antwerp (B) - 1991
• Gallery Ten Weyngaert, Brussels (B) - 1992
• DDC Brussels (B) - 1992
• Cultural centre De Borre, Bierbeek (B) - 1996
• Cultural centre Vilvoorde (B) - 1999
• Open studio, Process Preview I (Kunst In Huis) (B) - 2005
• Process Preview II, Kunstroute-Leuven (B) - 2006
• Dienstencentrum St. Alexius Tienen (B) - 2006
• Open studio NICC-Kunst In Huis, Process Preview III, Leuven (B) - 2006
• “Connected”, IMEC Heverlee (B) - 2006 - 2007
• “REIN-ART IMMERSED PAINTINGS”, Gallery SMUK Leuven (B) - 2007
• “Process Preview IV”, open studio, Leuven(B) - 2007
• “REIN-ART solo”, Gallery Atmosfera, Kortrijk (Heule) (B) - 2007
• “Two (many) footprints on the planet”, Salons Mommen, Brussels (B) - 2007
• Open studio NICC-Kunst In Huis, Leuven (B) - 2007
• “Process Preview V”, Kunstroute Leuven, open studio, Leuven (B) - 2008
• De Twaalf Weken van Sint Michiel (Sacred places), Leuven (B) - 2008
• Gallery SMUK Leuven (B) - 20...