Honored to be invited by The Crystal Ship this year ! I am delighted to announce I will paint a mural in Oostende from April 6th, part of The Crystal Ship Arts festival : The Dictatorship of Arts !!
The Crystal Ship Arts Festival
The Dictatorship of Art
6th – 13th of April 2019
Oostende, Belgium
Case Maclaim (DE) – Crystal Wagner (USA) – David Walker (UK) – Escif (ES) – Helen Bur (UK) – Jaune (BE) – Leon Keer (NL) – Lonac (HR) – Marina Capdevila (ES) – Miss Van (FR) – Mohamed l’Ghacham (ES) – Paola Delfin (MX) – Tom Herck (BE) – Wasted Rita (PT)
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PROGRAM:
6-13 APR: ARTISTS AT WORK
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10 APR: JUXTAPOZ CAFÉ
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13 APR: OFFICIAL OPENING
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13 APR: OPENING PARTY
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The Dictatorship of Art, the theme of the fourth edition of The Crystal Ship arts festival, is in fact not meant as a provocative statement. It is, quite simply, manifest. For let us be honest: we have already tried everything else – popes to presidents, communism to capitalism, aristocracy to mediacracy – and the world is still on the brink of a nervous breakdown.
And that is why The Crystal Ship is – emphatically, because only then we can make a difference – aligning with the German artist Jonathan Meese, who states that Art is by far the most radical thing you can do with your life. Forget politics, forget religion, forget ‘purchasing power’ or other truisms. Only Art has the power to truly change the world. Only Art will let you bring something meaningful to the table.
The Crystal Ship is a cultural organisation specialized in public art producing over 25 installations, sculptures and murals per year.
The Crystal Ship also represents a selected group of visual artists worldwide and responds to their needs in the ever-changing domain of art and culture.
