The Animals

2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
140 x 95 x 70 cm

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How to preserve a child's innocence in times of crisis? How to recreate a safe place? How to keep breathing?

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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
115 x 48 x 18 cm

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How to preserve a child's innocence in times of crisis? How to recreate a safe place? How to keep breathing?

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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
190 x 50 x 45 cm

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How to preserve a child's innocence in times of crisis? How to recreate a safe place? How to keep breathing?

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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
65 x 65 x 45 cm

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How to preserve a child's innocence in times of crisis? How to recreate a safe place? How to keep breathing?

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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
50 x 22 x 25 cm

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How to preserve a child's innocence in times of crisis? How to recreate a safe place? How to keep breathing?

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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
80 x 75 x 30 cm

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How to preserve a child's innocence in times of crisis? How to recreate a safe place? How to keep breathing?

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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
70 x 60 x 40 cm

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How to preserve a child's innocence in times of crisis? How to recreate a safe place? How to keep breathing?

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Tax | Tax (house) | Tax (target)

2021
Dutch tax letter envelopes, steel
23.5 x 19 x 7.5 cm

The Tax series derive from Kley's personal, Dutch tax envelopes that she has collected over a 15-year period. Despite ...

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2021
tax letter envelopes, stainless steel, weight
28.5 x 22.5 x 17.3 / 24 cm

The Tax series derive from Kley's personal, Dutch tax envelopes that she has collected over a ...

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2021
Dutch tax letter envelopes
43.9 x 31.5 x 3.5 cm

The Tax series derive from Kley's personal, Dutch tax envelopes that she has collected over a 15-year period. Despite their ...

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exhibition views "Paper Show" group show
at Whitehouse Gallery, Lovenjoel, January 2022

The Tax series derive from Kley's personal, Dutch tax envelopes that she has collected over a 15-year period. ...

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group portraits || Biotope I, II | Residency as a Line | unwritten rules (Art World)

2020-ongoing

work in progress

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2019

installation

used coffee cups collected from the Rijksakademie cantina, staples, wooden box
dimensions variable

During her two years as a resident at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Kley became interested in group ...

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2022

Drypoint etching
70 x 100 cm

edition 3 + 1 AP

group portrait of the people at Frans Masereel Centrum July-August 2022

Staff and residents of the residency were invited to scratch ...

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2019

Indian ink on paper window blind, steel table
188 x 98 cm / table: 200 x 75x 75 cm

performance, open recitation
20 min

From the beginning of my working period at ...

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self portraits || Passage | Solo | 9 months | Distance | Kiss | Scratch

2023

ceramic
22 x 20.3 x 16.6 cm

self-portrait

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2019

ceramic
50 x 34 x 73,5 cm

self-portrait

photo: Michael De Lausnay

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2019

ceramic
27 x 15 x 15 cm

photo: Michael De Lausnay

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2010-2011

installation

149 tampons
dimensions variable

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This work was conceived at a time when the artist was experiencing the pressure of becoming a mother. As an act of protest, she collected and washed ...

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2013-ongoing
300+ A4 faxes
dimensions variable

The work derives from an interaction between Kley and her partner in times she lives abroad. On the first day of the separation, she ...

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2022

lithograph
80 x 60 cm
II, edition of 5, 2 AP

Homage to lithography. Each day, I express my affection and bless the litho process by kissing a line on the ...

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2022
Drypoint etching
30 x 40 cm
I, edition of 3

Homage to etching. With a needle and five fingers, I carefully etch marks of my affection into the copper plate.

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Klara Barbara

2018

Video 18min55
colour, sound, German spoken, English subtitles

In this video portrait we see Klara Barbara (104yrs) with 104 sheets of silk. The pieces are cut from a collection of her ...

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2018

104 layers of silk
40 x 29 x 16 cm

layered by Klara Barbara Kley (104yrs)

photo: Job Janssen

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2018

silk, thread, iron
295 x 65 x 22 cm

photo: Job Janssen

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Rhine Journey (Klara Barbara)
2018

pencil on silk, hahnemühle print, wooden box, nails
29.5 x 21 x 3 cm

photo: Job Janssen

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Inhale, Exhale | Rune | Walter

2020

(diptych)

hand-dyed and stitched medical gauze
57.1 x 66.2 x 3.4 cm

photo: Michael De Lausnay

Made from medical gauze, this work pays tribute to both the victims of a crisis ...

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2020

(diptych)

hand-dyed and stitched medical gauze
57.1 x 66.2 x 3.4 cm

photo: Michael De Lausnay

Made from medical gauze, this work pays tribute to both the victims of a crisis and ...

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2021

Edition
unique work, in a series of 10 + 2 variations

hand-dyed medical gauze on acid free cardboard
25 x 23.5 x 0.8 cm

signed and numbered
unframed, packed in a ...


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2016
post-its, fluff
62.7 x 58.7 x 3 cm

In this work Kley captured the first traces of human contact by collecting the fluff that had caught between an infant's hand ...

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2015
17 plasticine sculptures, paper washcloths, wood, metal, glass
502 x 42 x 82 cm

Self-portrait by Walter (°1949-2014)

Walter was a craftsman and construction worker before suffering from locked-in syndrome. ...

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Serendip

2019

bronze, messing, concrete base
168.6 x 10 x 10 cm

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Serendip is an ongoing series that follows Maria Kley’s practice. The individual objects and leftover materials gathered from the artists’ archive, ...

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2020

metal, leather
40.1 x 40 x 15 cm

Serendip is an ongoing series that follows Maria Kley’s practice. The individual objects and leftover materials gathered from the artists’ archive, testify to ...

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2019

wood, glass, textile
16 x 48.9 x 14.6 cm

Serendip is an ongoing series that follows Maria Kley’s practice. The individual objects and leftover materials gathered from the artists’ archive, testify ...

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2019

textile, glass, wooden blocks
171 x 112.8 x 40 cm

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Serendip is an ongoing series that follows Maria Kley’s practice. The individual objects and leftover materials gathered from the artists’ archive, ...

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Takako

2017

(diptych)

silk thread, bamboo, glue, Indian ink
93.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm

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2017

(diptych)

hand dyed silk thread, bamboo, glue
128 x 38.5 x 14.5 cm

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(dyptich)

installation views

photo: Michael De Lausnay

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2018

Takako & Others (I will miss this world) I

print ribbon on steel frame, wheel, table

activated in a private viewing, 15 min
audience of maximum 7

photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron

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Desire Studies | Fear Studies

2018

silk
17 x 29 x 34 cm

photo: Michael De Lausnay

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2018

mercerized cotton, plastic roll
42 x 32 x 24 cm

Photo: Michael De Lausnay

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2018

cotton
24 x 24 x 16 cm

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Photo: Michael Delausnay

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2018

cotton
28 x 20 x 33 cm

Photo: Michael De Lausnay

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Installation views, "Encounter" FdG Projects Brussels

Photo: Michael De Lausnay

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2019

Bronze
108.5 x 14 x 2.8 cm

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Photo: Michael De Lausnay

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Lulu | Felix | Theo | Olive | Igshaan (Cape Town SA, 2013)

2013
polyurethane foam, wood
59 x 53 x 48 cm

(°1963) upholsterer in Philippi, South-Africa

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2013
polyurethane foam, piping cord
57 x 35 x 30 cm

(°1963) upholsterer in Philippi, South-Africa

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2013
polyurethane foam
43 x 34 x 37 cm

(°1963) upholsterer in Philippi, South-Africa

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2013
marble, wood, nylon thread, rope
100 x 20 x 19 cm

(°1944) CEO of a multinational, Cape Town

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2013
marble, glass, metal, nylon thread, rope, cotton
33 x 52 x 68 cm

CEO of a multinational, Cape Town (°1944)

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2013
paper, human sweat, human grease
44.3 x 44.3 x 3 cm

in collaboration with Theo Ndindwa (°1982), professional dancer, Cape Town

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2013
cotton, vinyl, thread, felt, plastic, textiles, paper
129 x 37 cm

Igshaan Adams, visual artist, Cape Town (°1982)

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2013
book, iron bowl, clay, water
63 x 41 x 45.5 cm

market vendor, ex-librarian, South Africa

(photo: Michael De Lausnay)

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Moist

MOIST (black) I
glass, empty ink cartridges, wooden shelf
40 x 40 x 1.8 cm / shelf 53.8 x 11.7 x 2.5 cm

MOIST (yellow) I
glass, empty ink cartridges, ...


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Moist (magenta) II
glass, ink cartridge cases, wooden base
72 x 7.6 x 2.2 cm / base 10.3 x 10.3 x 75 cm

Moist (cyan) II




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glass, cartridge lids
36.8 x 31.5 x 1.7 cm

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The Moist series emerged from a time Maria Kley faced extensive work related correspondence and graphic production. She collected the remnants of ...

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exhibition views

The Moist series emerged from a time Maria Kley faced extensive work related correspondence and graphic production. She collected the remnants of her empty ink cartridges as reminders of ...

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group portraits || large-scale outdoor & participatory installations: To The Sea | To The Mountain | Home

2017

participative installation
cotton, metal poles, 2550 hand dyed and hand cut cotton ribbons
140m, height 2.20-3.80m
Tribute to the victims of the tsunami in Japan, March 2011
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2014
participative installation
cotton thread
length 100m, height 2-5m
Parc de Forest, Brussels
30 August 2014, 4pm-midnight

Group portrait by Mado, Quintus, Emiel, Levi, Gina, Maria vdB, Sil, Hélène, Diana, ...




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2016
installation with pillows and textile
length 150 m, height 1.5 -2.5 m
April '16, Genk

Group portrait in collaboration with children Yansin, Leen, Mirsad, Ilyas, Anouk, Fien, Evey, Sam, Jorinde, ...


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2016

Installation of handkerchiefs
37 x 37 cm each

collaboration with children
Noemi, Ilyas, Jana, Julie, Maite, Bo, Lucy, Chiara, Sam, Valentina, Kaat, Linde

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Drawings

pencil on paper
21 x 14.9 cm

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pencil on paper
14.9 x 21 cm

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pencil and graphite on paper
14.9 x 21 cm

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pencil on paper
21 x 14.9 cm

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untitled I (study of damage) (2013)
pencil on paper
21 x 14.9 cm

untitled II (study of damage) (2013)
pencil on paper
14.9 x 21 cm

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pencil on paper
14.9 x 21 cm

pencil on paper
21 x 14.9 cm

pencil on paper
14.9 x 21 cm

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Untitled I (study on Repairing a Broken Mould) (2012)
pencil on paper
14.9 x 21 cm

Untitled II (study on Repairing a Broken Mould) (2012)
ink on paper
14.9 x ...



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