Charles Szymkowicz
BIOGRAPHY
The Belgian artist Charles Szymkowicz (1948, Charleroi) is an important pioneer of the new figuration and the European neo-expressionisme. In 1948 he was born in Charleroi (BE) as the son of two polish immigrants. His Jewish parents were able to hide from the terror of the fascists, however several of his family members were deported to the termination camps. This black page from the 20th century history left an uneraseble impression on the artistic career of Szymkowicz. Artist like Goya, Dix and Kokoschka, but also cinema, the colourful film billboards had an important effect on his artistic language, both during as after his studies in the Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Mons. Just as different pop art – artists he is also influenced bij his artistic heroes like Ensor, Van Gogh, Rimbaud en Ferré. Their portraits based on fotographic documents or existing masterpieces , offer us a tny bit of hope in times of terror.
WORKS
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Recent Exhibitions
2021
Frères Humains, Black Swan Gallery, Bruges, BE
2018
Mémoire du Passé Mémoire du Future, Palazzo Pubblico – Magazzini del Sale & Santa Maria della Scala & Stanze della Memoria, Siena, IT
Creatie van de drappellone Paleo, Siena, IT
2017
La Peinture dans la Gueule – Le K Szymkowicz, Salle Saint-Georges, Mons, BE
Et j’ai vu quelquefois ce que l’homme a cru voir, Maison Losseau, Mons, BE
2016
Hommage à Leo Ferré – Les Copains de la Fureur, Museo Archeologico del Chianti Senese, Castellina in Chiant, IT
2014
Installation 11 works , Hôpital Marie Curie, Lodelinsart, BE
People of the world, WM Art Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2013
Faces behind the Truth : The Mirrors of Charles Szymkowicz, Koehnline Museum of Art, Chicago
2012
Maudits !, Galleria Nove, Berlin, DE
2011
Galerie La Louve, Louftémont, BE
2010
La peinture dans le sang, Musée Juif de Belgique,Bruxelles, BE
D’Apollinaire à Van Gogh, Abbaye de Stavelot, Stavelot, BE
2009
Avec le Temps, Le Bois du Cazier, Marcinelle, BE