David Claerbout, Wildfire Gallery Weekend Beijing 2023
David Claerbout, Wildfire Gallery Weekend Beijing 2023
David Claerbout, Wildfire Gallery Weekend Beijing 2023
David Claerbout, Wildfire Gallery Weekend Beijing 2023
David Claerbout, Wildfire Gallery Weekend Beijing 2023
May 26—June 11, 2023
798 Art District, Beijing

David Claerbout, Wildfire Gallery Weekend Beijing 2023

Press Release

Esther Schipper is pleased to announce its participation in Gallery Weekend Beijing with a solo presentation of the Belgian artist David Claerbout. On view will be the large-scale video installation Wildfire (meditation on fire), accompanied by works on paper in both acrylic and India ink, made by the artist in relation to the video.

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Exhibition views

<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div><div><div><p>Exhibition view: David Claerbout, <strong>Wildfire</strong>, Gallery Weekend Beijing, 2023.  Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/ Paris/Seoul. Photo © Yang Hao</p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view: David Claerbout, <strong>Wildfire</strong>, Gallery Weekend Beijing, 2023.  Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/ Paris/Seoul. Photo © Yang Hao</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view: David Claerbout, <strong>Wildfire</strong>, Gallery Weekend Beijing, 2023.  Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/ Paris/Seoul. Photo © Yang Hao</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view: David Claerbout, <strong>Wildfire</strong>, Gallery Weekend Beijing, 2023.  Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/ Paris/Seoul. Photo © Yang Hao</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view: David Claerbout, <strong>Wildfire</strong>, Gallery Weekend Beijing, 2023.  Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/ Paris/Seoul. Photo © Yang Hao</p></div></div>

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David Claerbout

Wildfire (meditation on fire), 2019-2020
David Claerbout
Wildfire (meditation on fire), 2019-2020
Single channel video projection, 3D animation (stereo audio, color)
Duration: 24 min
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Selected works

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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Kleurstudie. Imbalance in Destruction), 2022

Acrylic and pencil on paper

87 x 80,2 cm (unframed)
96 x 89 x 3,5 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Colors melting away), 2022
Acrylic and pencil on paper
81,5 x 75,4 cm (32 1/8 x 29 3/4 in) (unframed)
90,5 x 84,5 x 3,5 cm (35 5/8 x 33 1/4 x 1 3/8 in) (framed)
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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Baroque curvature), 2020
Acrylic paint on paper mounted on cardboard
81 x 80 cm (31 7/8 x 31 1/2 in) (unframed)
90 x 89 x 3,5 cm (35 3/8 x 35 1/8 x 1 3/8 in) (framed)
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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Fire (Hell) made by water colors), 2020

Acrylic paint on paper mounted on cardboard

80 x 87 cm (unframed)
96,5 x 89 x 3,5 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
Wildfire drawing (the brain meditating on fire), 2022

Acrylic and pencil on paper

116,5 x 112 cm (unframed)
125,5 x 121 x 5 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Deep Hell Reference), 2019

China ink and pencil on paper

36 x 51 cm (unframed)
62 x 82 x 3,5 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Nocturnal view with water), 2019

China ink and pencil on paper

46 x 61 cm (unframed)
62 x 82 x 3,5 cm (framed)

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David Claerbout

David Claerbout was born in 1969 in Kortrijk, Belgium. He studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and at the Rijksakademie of Visual Arts in Amsterdam. He lives and...