About

Nadine De Meester

Nadine De Meester’s oeuvre draws upon the rich century-long tradition of handmade sculpture. Her works are visceral; the clay in which the artist sculpts her original pieces reveals an almost flesh-like quality. Indeed, De Meester’s works have everything to do with the materiality of life. Her sculptures wear the heaviness of being; their surfaces reveal every sign of corrosion that originates in the confrontation of the body’s skin to the abrasiveness of time and life itself. Often larger than life, they are turned inward, as if to contemplate the condition of their being: silent and introverted, their reticent pose heightening the expressiveness of the emotion they hold captive. These works scream silence. Michael Meert april 2014