Saturday, 20 December 2014
Saturday, 29 November 2014
We thank you Gisèle!
Thinking of and Thanking this wonderful artist and woman, who has been such a vibrant part of our 'Enchanted Garden' through all but one year: Gisèle De Rop. We will truly miss you - but your spirit will surely remain in this garden - again and again Enchanted:
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden' - A beautiful experience through ALL the Seasons!
As the seasons pass, and we are approaching winter,
we wish to share some moments and memories from previous seasons...
'The Enchanted Garden': A beautiful experience -
through all the seasons!
As the seasons pass, and we are approaching winter,
we wish to share some moments and memories from previous seasons...
'The Enchanted Garden': A beautiful experience -
through all the seasons!
Thursday, 6 November 2014
The Enchanted Garden: What it is all about
THIS is what this 'Enchanted Garden' is all about:
A place to Ponder and Wonder...
Artists and Art Inspired by, and in Dialogue with, Nature.
We welcome you back
to our
5th Anniversary Celebration
- June 26th - August 2nd, 2015 -
Monday, 25 August 2014
Moment from The Enchanted Garden - 2014
And WELCOME BACK NEXT YEAR -
2015 WE CELEBRATE 5 YEARS' ANNIVERSARY!
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Thank you all!
WE THANK ALL THE ARTISTS
AND ALL OUR VISITORS
FOR A MOST AMAZING EXCHANTED GARDEN THIS YEAR!
A FEW MOMENTS FROM OUR CLOSING WEEKEND;
The beautiful performance of Virginie Verdier (dance)
and Ingrid Bourgeois (violin)
and Ingrid Bourgeois (violin)
(Photos: Tone Aanderaa)
Please also see these beautiful photos by photographer Ger Spendel:
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
WELCOME TO ART SANCTUARY'S LAST WEEKEND EVENTS! Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3, 2014
(Click to enlarge)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 - AT 20:00 (8pm):
An Informal Evening - with informal music :)
A darling
dethroned, a blues Andaluz, a kippered guitar in a smokey bar – Routes bring you their own weird and
wondrous songs. But they also play folk, both traditional and contemporary. And
some Celtic tunes for good measure, whether racy reels, juicy jigs or lingering
airs. Routes are Ian Graham (guitar,
concertina, whistle and vocals) and Jul Cortoos (guitar, percussion and
vocals).
Les déboires
d'un chouchou, le blues d'une Andalouse, l’enfumage d’une guitare ... Le duo Routes vous propose des compositions
propres. Mais également du folk traditionnel et contemporain. Des airs
celtiques aussi : parfois doux, parfois endiablés, toujours une valeur sûre. Routes, c’est Ian Graham (guitare,
concertina, whistle et chant) et Jul Cortoos (guitare, percussions et chant).
Lorsque la
Nature inspire la Musique,
Lorsque le
son induit le mouvement,
Lorsque
la Danse se fond et se confond avec l'environnement,
Alors
tout entre en interrelation pour créer l'harmonie et la symbiose sans limite de
temps ni d'espace,
Le Tout ne
fait plus qu'Un,
L'Harmonie
des sons, des couleurs, du mouvement et des sens pulse au rythme de l'Instant.
Ingrid et
Virginie créent une légende telle une partition qui se réinvente à chaque
instant
Deux
femmes s'éveillent à l'orée du bois
Scintillement
du silence, pétillement des feuilles, frémissement du violon
Deux
femmes dessinent leur histoire
Empreintes
de la nature, des sons, des mouvements
Deux
femmes jouent au bord de l'eau
Jaillir,
se figer, embrasser, fuir, plonger, ...
Ingrid Bourgeois -Violin
Virginie Verdier - Dance
Performances:
15:30 - In the Forest
16:30 - Near the Mandala
17:30 - By the Labyrinth
16:30 - Near the Mandala
17:30 - By the Labyrinth
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Moments from Art Sanctuary's Enchanted Garden 2014
Moments from this year's 'Enchanted Garden'
See it - Experience it!
(That's what they all say!
(That's what they all say!
BIENVENUE -WELKOM - WELCOME!
Monday, 30 June 2014
OPENING(/OUVERTURE - Conclusion: After the Rain fall.......Don't play with the Gods!
After months and months of waiting.....for the rain...it finally arrived!
At exactly 18 (6PM) - at the Opening/Ouverture
of Art Sanctuary's Enchanted Garden 2014
the Heavens opened up a Rain fall beyond imagination!
Thunder and Lightening, rain - rain - rain
ALL evening!
And THEN:
Thanks to ALL - Artists and visitors -
that made it to The Enchanted Garden
for this most Special Evening!
Conclusion:
'Don't play with the Gods'....!!!
Ref,.Theme this year:
Mythologies and Legends
Stories and Tales
(Sculpture: Roos Mannaerts)
Monday, 26 May 2014
WELCOME - BIENVENUE - WELKOM - 27/6, 2014!
OUVERTURE/OPENING CONCERT 27/6 2014:
NICKY BENDIX:
Nicky
Bendix; a Musical
Magician in Love with Art;
He composes
music for movies, theatre, modern dance
–and he creates sound installations and music for exhibitions.
In Art Sanctuary’s ’Enchanted Garden’ we have experienced his
’Enchanted Forest’ concert and
installation – 2011
’VISION’- an ’Art Sanctuary
Special Edition CD and concert – 2012
’Nord Profond’; a collaboration
with French artist/poet and exhibiting artist Francois Monnet and ’Forest
Temple’ ( the music for Tone Aanderaa’s
installation by the same name) – 2013
Nicky
Bendix returns to Art Sanctuary this year by popular request – with MYTHS and LEGENDS
-
stories and tales -
This year’s exhibition invites the visitor on a
journey of myths and legends, mysteries and wonders; An avenue of cherry trees,
apple trees with promises, winding
trails, deep ponds and secret forest rooms, chapels and a labyrinth, threads of
destiny, goddesses, and sleeping beauties…
This large and natural garden, situated just
near the ‘border’ between the French and the Flemish part of Belgium, hosts a
most special International art exhibition; Art Inspired by,
and in Dialogue With, Nature. Twenty two artists from Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Ukraine, are represented with works in glass, stone, metal, wood, and ceramics, land art, sound installations and music.
MYTHES et LEGENDES
- des histories and des contes -
L'exposition de cette année invite le visiteur à
un voyage fait de mythes et de légendes, de mystères et de merveilles; une
avenue de cerisiers, de pommiers signe de promesses, des sentiers sinueux, des
étangs profonds et des forêts aux chambres secrètes, des chapelles et un
labyrinthe, fils du destin, où vivent les déesses et les belles au bois dormant
...
Ce grand jardin naturel, situé juste à côté de la
‘frontière’ entre la partie francophone et la partie flamande, accueille une
exposition d'art international, inspirée par la nature et en dialogue avec elle.
Vingt-deux artistes de
Belgique, du Danemark, de France, de Grande-Bretagne, d’Italie, de Norvège, des
Pays-Bas et d’Ukraine présentent des nouvelles œuvres en verre, pierre, métal,
bois ou argile. On y côtoie le «land art», des peintures, des installations
sonores et de la musique.
MYTHEN en LEGENDEN
- verhalen en sprookjes -
Tweeëntwintig kunstenaars uit België, Denemarken, Frankrijk, Groot-Bretagne, Italië, Nederland, Noorwegen en Oekraïne tonen hun nieuwe werken in glas, steen, metaal, keramiek en hout. Er is ook plaats voor ‘land art’, schilderijen, kunstinstallaties en muziek.
'ArtTrack' by Nicky Bendix
This year Nicky Bendix will have two music installations in the Enchanted
Garden:
”Threads of the Nornir” and ”Healing Garden”.
Both ArtTracks are also available as CD'es.
At the Opening on the 27th of June his solo concert in the garden will consist of compositions he has written over the years for exhibitions, modern dance, movies and theater, but will here be performed as a live soundtrack. Melodies and stories from a long career in composing for images.
WELCOM - BIENVENUE - WELKOM!
Friday June 27th, 2014 - OUVERTURE/OPENING!
Duration of Exhibition: 27/6 - 3/8, 2014
Friday, 25 April 2014
MYTHS AND LEGENDS - stories and tales - 2014
Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden'
Opens its gates for the 4th season on June 27th 2014
MYTHS AND LEGENDS -
stories and tales -
This year’s exhibition invites the visitor on a
journey of myths and legends, mysteries and wonders; An avenue of cherry trees,
and apple trees with promises, winding trails, deep ponds and secret forest rooms, chapels and a labyrinth,
threads of destiny, goddesses and sleeping beauties…
This large and natural garden, situated just
near the ‘border’ between the French and the Flemish part of Belgium, hosts a
most special International art exhibition;
Art Inspired by, and in Dialogue With, Nature.
Art Inspired by, and in Dialogue With, Nature.
Twenty two artists from Belgium, Denmark,
France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Ukraine, are represented
with works in glass, stone, metal, wood, and ceramics, land art, sound
installations and music.
To mention a few of the aspects of the
exhibition:
ü The strange and fantastical beings
of Aleksandr
Agafonov (Ukraine), surreal, at times carnivalesque, and always
beautiful, all seem to walk straight out of a myth or a fairy-tale.
('With Umbrella' - Aleksandr Agafonov Ukraine)
ü Gisèle De Rop (B), ‘Professional Dreamer’, shows
her recent dreams in ceramics; Every year Gisele makes a special installation for Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden' - always poignant and fascinating!
(Gisele De Rop - B)
ü Landscape architect Jean
de la Kethulle (B) returns this year with another ‘Eye-opning
experience’; the twenty large steles making a visual and rhythmical trail of
almost 300 meters is most certainly a ‘InTERREaction’
– showing the view… to end of the world…and beyond…the stars…?
ü Artist and poet Lebuïn d’Haese (B) ; his tattooed figures are both
funny and serious, sometimes beautiful, sometimes not – but always very
human ; and titles an important intergral part.
('Fly Away' - Lebuïn d’Haese -B)
ü Inspired by classical art, Roos
Mannaerts’ (NL) beautiful sculptures couldn’t be more fitting to this
year’s theme !
As is the ceramic work of Shirley Weiffenbach (NL).
('Lang Haar' - Roos Mannaerts - NL)
As is the ceramic work of Shirley Weiffenbach (NL).
ü Exquisite work in stone by Luk Luts (B), metal sculptures by Joshua
Pennings (NL), Giovanni Gelmi (B/I), and Romeo
Sr. Vangoethemd (B) are exciting, elegant, and powerful – all returning by
popular request, as are ‘The Snail man’, Roland Menten (B), and Will
Schropp (NL) with his beautiful wood sculptures.
(Luk Luts - B)
(Giovanni Gelmi - B)
(Joshua Pennings - NL)
ü Satirical and touchingly humorous, Michel Vranckx (B) certainly brings a smile. As does
playful hanging mobiles by Luc Leroy (B).
ü Glass has also this year a special
focus. Four artists work with glass in all different styles and techniques; Marcel Haccuria (B),
Maria Bemelmans (NL), Veerle
De Ridder (B), et Marie Biesmans (B).
ü Laura Frennet (B/F)’s special fondness for trees, both symbolically
and literally, is this year manifested in a most appropriate ‘woody’
visitor !
ü We are very pleased that british sculptor Walter Bailey (UK) will exhibit new
works this year. His magnificent ‘Sophia
– Woman and Cosmos’, the centre piece of the labyrinth last year, has
chosen a new and permanent residence in the garden.
('Celestial Menhir' - Walter Baily - UK)
ü In addition to her paintings, Tone Aanderaa’s (N/B) main work this
year is an installation titled ‘Threads of Norns’, a ‘room of threads’ in the
forest – in addition to several other
installations. (She is also the organiser and curator of the exhibition).
('Run - run - run' - Tone Aanderaa N/B)
ü Finally, the music of composer/performer Nicky Bendix (DK), especially made for
the exhibition, adds a very special
dimension, experienced as sound installations in different parts of the
garden/exhibition.
Nicky Bendix will be releasing
2 Special Editions CD's this year!
Date: June 27th!
“without
images [...]
there is no
mythology"
(Joseph
Campbell)
WELCOME JUNE 27th - AUGUST 3rd, 2014
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Welcoming Aleksandr Agafonov - from Ukraine
In these very special times for Ukraine, we are truly pleased, and honoured, to welcome this most wonderful artist to Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden', 2014!
His 'message' makes it perhaps even more special:
"Aleksandr wants to show the path to a world of beauty and harmony, an ideal world. His strange and fantastical beings, animals who speak, and enchanting flute–players, surreal, at times carnivalesque, all seem to walk straight out of a myth or a fairy-tale. The good prevails, sensed in the spirit – or heard in the wind. A sensitive message, a powerful one - or both?"
His 'message' makes it perhaps even more special:
"Aleksandr wants to show the path to a world of beauty and harmony, an ideal world. His strange and fantastical beings, animals who speak, and enchanting flute–players, surreal, at times carnivalesque, all seem to walk straight out of a myth or a fairy-tale. The good prevails, sensed in the spirit – or heard in the wind. A sensitive message, a powerful one - or both?"
'With an Umbrella' - Aleksandr Agafonov
Welcome to 'The Enchanted Garden' - June 27th - August 3rd, 2014!
Monday, 14 April 2014
Once Upon a Time....2014
This year’s exhibition
invites the visitor on a journey of
myths and
legends, stories and tales;
Art, pondering
and wondering - imaginative, inquisitive
– personas and personifications, places and names; remembered, retraced, recoding
again; the puzzle and mystery,
of human
existence.
This year’s exhibition invites the visitor on a journey of myths and legends, mysteries and wonders; An avenue of cherries, winding trails, deep ponds and secret forest rooms, chapels and a labyrinth, threads of destiny, goddesses and sleeping beauties…
('With an Umbrella' - Alexandr Agafonov, Ukraine)
there is no
mythology"
(Joseph Campbell)
ARTISTS represented 2014:
Alexandr Agafonov (Ukraine)
Walter Bailey (UK)
Walter Bailey (UK)
Maria
Bemelmans (NL)
Nicky Bendix (DK)
Marie
Biesmans (B)
Lebuïn
d’Haese (B)
Jean de la
Kerthulle (B)
Veerle De
Ridder (B)
Giséle Derop (B)
Laura Frennet (B/F)
Giovanni
Gelmi (B/I)
Marcel
Haccuria (B)
Luc Leroy (B)
Luk Luts (B)
Roos
Mannaerts (NL)
Roland Menten (B)
Joshua
Pennings (NL)
Will Schropp (NL)
Romeeo Sr.
Vangoethemd (B)
Michel
Vranckx (B)
Shirley
Weiffenbach (NL)
Tone Aanderaa (N/B)
WELCOME JUNE 27th - AUGUST 3rd, 2014
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