UNO: Kasper De Vos

UNO was made in collaboration with PLUS-ONE Gallery on the occasion of Kapser De Vos' exhibition 'Pushing And Pulling The Center To The Mirror' at M HKA's Inbox. Kasper De Vos ( degrees1988) gained attention with installations and sculptural interventions that referred to consumerism and its associated food culture in a way that was both humorous and sculptural. Often, his sculptures combine found objects or materials with modelled elements. His sculptures and installations seem to stem from a kind of tactile and visual pleasure, a play of formal and substantive associations and a mild form of humour that takes the form of an open, playful, imaginative dance with materials, techniques, things and thoughts. His work evokes stories without being illustrative or pedantic. It is a kind of thinking with shapes, which in turn makes us think and dream. Surprising, inventive, generous, plastic, virtuosic, open and oneiric. In English and French. AUTHOR: In his studio, Kasper De Vos' collages, drawings and sculptures built a colorful and rather uncanny environment where vibrant imaginary landscapes were deeply rooted down by everyday absurdities. A visual storyteller, De Vos utilises serendipity, surprise and salvaged social remnants as key elements in his process. Materials and idea are gathered on the natural route of any given day, and classical sculptural forms (such as base, bust, and body) are incorporated into odd combinations of contemporary throwaways. SELLING POINTS: . Kasper De Vos' sculptures and installations, often comically referencing food culture and found objects, evoke a playful and colourful uncanny world 184 colour, 12 b/w illustrations