Max Kesteloot

Index,ABOUT

About

Max Kesteloot, 1990 (BE) – visual artist. His work develops around the paradox of the apparent absence of a subject in the final image. This gives every detail in his work the status of context. Max is also teaching at LUCA school of arts, Ghent. Where he’s currently instructing Mixed Media.

info@maxkesteloot.be
www.instagram.com/maxkesteloot

UPCOMING

GOEBEN BERLIN

Groupshow at Goeben Berlin
July 2020, Berlin (DE)

GOOD LOST CORNERS

Soloshow at CENTRALE.box
September – October 2020, Brussels (BE)

NINE TOOLS AND SOME FRAGMENTS

Soloshow at NO/ gallery
October 2020, Ghent (BE)

SOLE MARE FIGA

Soloshow at Spazio ORR
POSTPONED – 2020, Brescia (IT)

SHOWS

Raus Project vol. 2

May 2020
Groupshow in Hamburg, (DE) – Curated by Pol Summer.
Raus Project

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REFLECTIONS IN TRANSITION

December 2019 – January 2020
Groupshow at Barbé Urbain Gallery, Ghent (BE)
With Marlies De Clerck, Erlend Grytbakk Wold, Max Kesteloot, Natasja Mabesoone & Marijke Vasey.

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EXPOSURE

December 2019
Groupshow at mjfinearts, Ghent (BE)
With amongst others, Sybren Vanoverberghen, Felix Fasolt & Willem Boel.

ARTCONTEST

September – October 2019, groupshow at Espace Vanderborght, Brussels (BE)

With Bas Van Den Hout, Léo Luccioni, Lien Van Ranst, Luke James, Maika Garnica, Marlies De Clerck, Max Kesteloot, Mostafa Saifi Rahmouni, Natasja Mabesoone & Yoel Pytowski.

Granted 2nd laureate with both the Prize Collectioneurs et Amateurs d’art as well as the Prize CENTRALE for contemporary art during the 15th ArtContest!♥

Created by ArtContest.

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MDD PARTY & AUCTION

August 2019, Ghent (BE)
museum Dhondt-Dhaenens

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Biënnale van België III

June 2019, Floraliënhal (SMAK) Gent (BE)
Festival van Belgische hedendaagse kunst – with 019
www.biennalevanbelgie.be

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ASANNAT

June 2019, Ostend (BE)

Independent groupshow with works by Atelier Pica Pica, Dieter Durinck, Leo Gabin, Lucas Dupuy, Manor Grunewald, Max Kesteloot & Simon Laureyns.

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TROPICAL NIGHT

May – June 2019, soloshow at 019, Ghent (BE)

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Feet First Fair

April 5-6-7 2019, Brussels/Ostend (BE)

SALON BLANC 37

February 2019, groupshow at Salon Blanc, Ostend (BE)

Max Kesteloot, Simon Laureyns, Yoann Van Parys.

Curated by Els Wuyts.

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NEIGHBOURS VOL. 8 'ARTIST COLLECTIONS'

February – March 2019, groupshow at RIOT, Ghent (BE)

Groupshow with an insight in personal private collections of Leo Gabin, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Xavier Mary, Max Frintrop & Manor Grunewald. 

Works by Landon Metz, Harmony Korine, Eric Croes, Benoit Platéus, Max Kesteloot, Marius Lut, Luc Fuller, Bert Huyghe, Jana Schröder, Walter Swennen & more.

Brought together by NEIGHBOURS

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Residency at ‘woning Vanwassenhove – Juliaan Lampens’

January 2019, Curated by museum Dhondt Dhaenens – Deurle (BE)

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Extended call Pt. 3

September 2018, groupshow at Subsidiary Projects, London (UK)

Curated by Nelle Gevers & Billy Fraser.

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Ghent Art Book Fair

May 2018, 019 – Ghent (BE)
Screening of film Spot Spots – prologue due to circumstances

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Feet First Fair

June 2017, MACAO – Milano (IT)
Screening of film Spot Spots – prologue due to circumstances

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The production of space

March 2015, NUCLEO – Ghent (BE)
Group exhibition entry with GAFPA.

Alongside Thierry Mortier, Olivier Goethals, Luanda Casella & Giovanni Barcella, Bert Heytens, Kristof Lemmens & Paul C. Luttik, Thomas De ridder & Bert Joostens. 

Curated by Felix Fasolt.

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Nowhere – Part 1

October 2014, Soloshow in KERK, Ghent (BE)

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BOOKS

GOOD LOST CORNERS

APE#XXX

Good Lost Corners

Max Kesteloot
© 2020 Art Paper Editions 

www.artpapereditions.org
First edition of 500 copies, April 2020
Design: 6’56” (www.6m56s.com) 
Printed and bound in Tallinn
Text and images: Max Kesteloot, Prologue text: Bart Decroos

SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances

A photographic essay in search of the most idyllic spot in Europe
concept, text & images by Max Kesteloot
Text Editing by Bart Decroos, Graphic Design: atelier Arthur Haegeman
Printed in an edition of 75

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FILMS

TROPICAL NIGHT

2019, Belgium/Spain
HDR, 4:3, colour, stereo, text. Duration: 12’01”
Ottorino Respighi, Brazilian impressions – first movement “Notte tropicale”, 1928
performed by Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, recording 1999
Text editing: Bart Decroos
Video editing: Xerxes Heirman
Typography of graphics: Nana Esi
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SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances

Accompanying film with the book

2017, Belgium
HDR, 4:3, colour, stereo, text, 24’09” 
Camera & text : Max Kesteloot

Text editing: Bart Decroos

Video editing : Xerxes Heirman

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PUBLISHED

Centrale for contemporary arts - digital studio visit during COVID19

April 2020
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THE ARCHIVE HOTEL N. 3, contribution

February, 2020
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THE WORD MAGAZINE, interview

February, 2019

“Forlorn photography and brutalist structures: Max Kesteloot’s House Van Wassenhove residency” – Written by Carlos Álvarez Clemente 

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YNGSPC, interview

October, 2018

“Max Kesteloot’s work combines a love for photography and the urban environment into a practice in which he is always carefully studying and juxtaposing fragments of images and subject matter together.” -by Kate Mothes, curator. 

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UNDRSTND magazine, interview

August, 2018

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DIVISARE, Cité radieuse

December, 2017

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AFASIARQ, spaces places people

July, 2015

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graphic & web by atelier Arthur Haegeman
All content copyright Max Kesteloot, 2020

Max Kesteloot

Index,ABOUT

Fragment #79

Villajojosa (ES), Biarritz (FR) on view Demain Belgium‘s private viewing space, Brussels (BE). July 2020

REFLECTIONS IN TRANSITION

December – January 2019-2020, Groupshow at Barbé Urbain gallery, Ghent (BE)

Together with Marlies Declerck, Natasja Mabesoone, Marijke Vasey & Erlend Grytbakk Wold.
Exhibition views – Alexander Saenen for Barbé Urbain.

ArtContest 2019

September – October 2019, groupshow at Espace Vanderborght, Brussels (BE)

With Bas Van Den Hout, Léo Luccioni, Lien Van Ranst, Luke James, Maika Garnica, Marlies De Clerck, Max Kesteloot, Mostafa Saifi Rahmouni, Natasja Mabesoone & Yoel Pytowski.

Happy to share I got granted 2nd laureate with both the Prize Collectioneurs et Amateurs d’art as well as the Prize CENTRALE for contemporary art during the 15th ArtContest!♥

Created by ArtContest. – exhibition view

Fragment #60

Alicante (ES)
120 x 90 cm, Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2019

New edition TROPICAL NIGHT available

27 unique filmstills from the film.
signed and numbered 1/1
unframed, edition of 1 + 1 AP
digital C-print on Fuji Crystal Archive
40 x 30 cm
each 200 € excl. shipping
info@maxkesteloot.be to order!
Click here to get an overview of the 27 different scenes!
Stills 2, 19 & 22 added above as a reference.

Fragment #55

London (UK)
30 x 40 cm, Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2019

Fragment #53

Benidorm (ES)
30 x 40 cm, Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2019

Fragment #63

Benidorm (ES)
30 x 40 cm, Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2019

De Biënnale Van België III

RE-EXHIBITING 019: MUSEUM OF MOVING PRACTICE
Part of the Tropical night installation found it’s place in 019 ‘s installation at the Biënnale van België. – June 2019, photo by Michiel de Cleene

Fragment #33

Benidorm (ES), Benidorm (ES)
200 x 150 cm, Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2019

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ASANNAT
June 2019, groupshow in Ostend (BE)
Atelier Pica Pica, Lucas Dupuy, Dieter Durinck, Leo Gabin, Manor Grunewald, Max Kesteloot, Simon laureyns.
– exhibition views

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TROPICAL NIGHT

Soloshow at 019, Ghent. BE
May 18th – June 2nd 2019

www.019-ghent.org

click here to read the introduction text by Bart Decroos.

Exhibition photos by Michiel Decleene.

 

TROPICAL NIGHT

Fragment #25

London (UK), London (UK)
160 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2019

SALON BLANC 37

February 2019, groupshow at Salon Blanc, Ostend (BE)

Max Kesteloot, Simon Laureyns, Yoann Van Parys.

Curated by Els Wuyts. – exhibition view

NEIGHBOURS VOL. 8 ‘ARTISTS COLLECTIONS’

February – March 2019, Groupshow at Riot, Ghent (BE)

Curated by Manor Grunewald. – brought together by NEIGHBOURS.

On show: Fragment #5 – Benidorm (ES) – collection Manor Grunewald. 

Exhibition view – Photo Riot.

Residency at ‘woning Vanwassenhove – Juliaan Lampens’

January 2019, Curated by museum Dhondt Dhaenens – Deurle (BE)

Fragment #24

London (UK), London (UK)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2019

Fragment #22

Milano (IT), Alicante (ES)
120 x 90 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #3

Wissant (FR), Benidorm (ES)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #23

IT MIGHT BE TOO SOON

YES BUT NO

Alicante (ES), Ghent (BE)
80 x 120 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, pigmented wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #19

Ghent (BE), Milano (IT)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #11

Memphis wheels

Milano (IT), Benidorm (ES)
120 x 90 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Edition available!

Filmstill at 8′24″ / 10′41″ / 18′22″

signed and numbered
unframed, edition of 10 + 1 AP
digital C-print on Fuji Crystal Archive
40 x 30 cm

each 100 € excl. shipping
info@maxkesteloot.be to order!

From the film:
SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances
HDR, 4:3, colour, stereo, text, Belgium
Duration 24′19″
2018

Fragment #21

Milano (IT), Lugano (CH)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #13

Benidorm (ES), Calpé (ES)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Extended Call pt.3

September 2018, Groupshow at Subsidiary Projects, London (UK)

Curated by Nelle Gevers & Billy Fraser.

On show: Fragment #16 – Alicante (ES), Benidorm (ES) 

Exhibition view – Juan Manuel, Max Kesteloot, Alexander Glass, Amanda Kyritsopoulou, Goncalo Lamas, Tristan Williams, Rhiannon R Salisbury, Alia Hamaoui & Fenella Brereton. Photo Nat Faulkner.

Fragment #16

Alicante (ES), Benidorm (ES)
50 x 35 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances
SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances
SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances
SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances
Fragment #12

Palmtrees and lightbulbs

Calpé (ES), Benidorm (ES)
120 x 90 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #14

Ghent (BE), Ghent (BE)
150 x 100 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #8

Benidorm (ES), Zelzate (BE)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Screening of film SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances

June 2017, MACAO – Milano (IT)

untitled

2016

untitled

2015

Fragment #5

Benidorm (ES)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Fragment #7

Benidorm (ES), Marseille (FR)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

untitled

2014

Fragment #6

Plastic bottle, plastic bin

Lugano (CH), Benidorm (ES), Wissant (FR)
150 x 100 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

untitled

2018

Untitled

2014

Scene at 8’23”

Videostill from SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances.

Scene at 17’06”

Videostill from SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances.

Scene at 11’08”

Videostill from SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances.

Fragment #9

Milano (IT), Marseille (FR)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

The production of space

2015, NUCLEO – Ghent (BE)
Group exhibition entry with GAFPA.

Alongside Thierry Mortier, Olivier Goethals, Luanda Casella & Giovanni Barcella, Bert Heytens, Kristof Lemmens & Paul C. Luttik, Thomas De ridder & Bert Joostens. 

The production of space

2015, NUCLEO – Ghent (BE)
Group exhibition entry with GAFPA.

Alongside Thierry Mortier, Olivier Goethals, Luanda Casella & Giovanni Barcella, Bert Heytens, Kristof Lemmens & Paul C. Luttik, Thomas De ridder & Bert Joostens. 

untitled

2015

Nowhere – part 1

October 2014, Soloshow in KERK, Ghent (BE)

Nowhere – Part 1

October 2014, Soloshow in KERK, Ghent (BE)

Fragment #10

Benidorm (ES), Ghent (BE)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018

Screening of film SPOT SPOTS – Prologue due to circumstances

May 2018, 019 – Ghent (BE)

Fragment #1

Ghent (BE), Wissant (FR)
80 x 60 cm Magistra blueback 120 gr., acrylics, wall paste on hard board. 2018