Well-known American artist Harif Guzman exhibits in Antwerp BlackGallery | Antwerp
AntwerpOn Friday 19 November, the Antwerp gallery BlackGallery opens the doors of Harif Guzman’s first solo exhibition in Belgium. The well-known American artist presents his latest exhibition ‘Master of mood swings’. His artwork depicts several street characters in New York representing the many made and processed images he took along over the next few months. “Art inspires people to move forward in these dark times,” said Guzman.
The MoMa Museum in Moscow, Art Dubai, Perez Art Museum in Miami, Zone Maco in Mexico City, Orange Garden in Rome,… These are just a few of the places where the well-known American artist Harif Guzman exhibited. There it now also includes the – somewhat more modest – BlackGallery in the Groendalstraat in Antwerp. It is his first exhibition in Belgium.
underdog
Harif Guzman met Rembert Van Cauwenbergh, the creative director of BlackGallery, in Amsterdam. “We clicked right away, so I was delighted to exhibit in his gallery,” said Guzman. “The story somehow made sense: sometimes you have to try something new, work with ‘the underdog’. I have indeed been in many large galleries, but it is important not to float. I believe in ‘Rem’ and in his friendship.”
Harif Guzman hails from New York, and is an artist of extremes. He brings together skate culture with fine art, found objects with new ideas and the optimism of an emerging artist with the knowledge of a grown man. His exhibition ‘Master of mood swings’ is an expression of water that has been playing in his head in recent months.
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Emotions
“Lately a lot has happened in the world, I have felt a lot of emotions. Every painting in my exhibition has a different mood, makes you feel different. An exhibition often has one subject, but this exhibition very often takes your themes. Art is very important in these times. I hope people use art to exercise and inspire them to move forward in these dark times.”
The works of Harif Guzman can be viewed from 20/11 to 27/11. Guzman himself will be in Antwerp all weekend. Works on site can be purchased.
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