Duo exhibition entitled “Metamorphosis” includes the works by Andrey Berger (b. 1986 in Barnaul, RU) and Benjamin Volckaerts (b. 1999 in Antwerp, BE) created by the artists in different mediums - sculpture, painting, drawing and installation. Two artists enter in a dialogue around the theme of the flow of permanent changes which we experience every moment. The sequence of states, the permanent transformation of every part of the reality around us, fluidity of the present is visualized by the artists through different techniques and materials – paper, plywood, painting, ceramics, plaster, metal, and wooden constructions.
The theme is disclosed through interplay of the artists’ vision and approach. Berger’s scientific research, studies of natural micro-structures are turned into sophisticated half-abstract compositions remind the reality which is hidden by the external visible shell of objects and creatures and can be discovered only with optical devices. The artist speaks about interconnection and coexistence of two parallel universes - macro and microcosm, visualized with different approximation in his works. Benjamin Volckaerts, on the contrary, is constructing his own reality, following the way of transformation from imagination and fantasy to the shapes, characters, and objects.
The distinctive feature and at the same time the way of creating the works of both authors is the change, combination and transformation of forms and materials.
