2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
125 x 87 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?
Initiated ...
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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
112 x 22 x 46 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?
Initiated ...
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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
188 x 50 x 42 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?
Initiated ...
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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
70 x 77 x 50 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?
Initiated ...
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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
63 x 19 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?
Initiated ...
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2023
hand-dyed medical gauze, interlining
100 x 80 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?
Initiated ...
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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?
Initiated ...
read moreTax | 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. ...
read moregroup portraits || Biotope I, II | Residency as a Line | unwritten rules (Art World)
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
76 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 ...
read moreself portraits || Passage | Solo | 9 months | Distance | Kiss | Scratch
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 bless the litho process by kissing a line on the stone.
2022
Drypoint etching
30 x 40 cm
I, edition of 3
Homage to etching. With a needle and five fingers, I carefully scratch marks of my affection into the copper plate.
...read moreKlara 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
Rhine Journey (Klara Barbara)
2018
pencil on silk, hahnemühle print, wooden box, nails
29.5 x 21 x 3 cm
photo: Job Janssen
...read moreInhale, Exhale | Rune | Walter
2020
(diptych)
hand-dyed and stitched medical gauze
57.1 x 66.2 x 3.4 cm
photo: Michael De Lausnay
'Inhale, Exhale' was created during the COVID pandemic and offers a breathing exercise for times of ...
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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
'Inhale, Exhale' was created during the COVID pandemic and offers a breathing exercise for times ...
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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 ...
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. ...
read moreSerendip
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, ...
read moreTakako
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
...read moreDesire Studies | Fear Studies
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
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
(°1982), professional dancer, Cape Town
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2013
cotton, vinyl, thread, felt, plastic, textiles, paper
129 x 37 cm
(°1982) visual artist, Cape Town
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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)
...read moreMoist
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, ...
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
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 ...
read moregroup 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
in collaboration with ...
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
Drawings
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
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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FROM BRUSSELS TO ANYWHERE (2022-2024)
From Brussels to Anywhere is a participative project led by artist Maria Kley in collaboration with students from the Imelda Institute, Molenbeek. Over the course ...
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