Opening on 23rd September: Moon in Vertigo by Clara-Lane Lens

that’s what x said presents Moon in Vertigo by Clara-Lane Lens, showing never shown before paintings made especially for the exhibition

Moon in Vertigo is part of Clara-Lane’s Genderless series, brought to life 4 years ago when the artist painted a portrait of an androgynous woman. This portrait raised many questions about gender around Clara-Lane and pushed her to start this series on gender identities to deconstruct societal norms and stereotypes. At the very beginning of the series, the artist used to take out all external and biological attributes to distance herself from the inaccurate idea that gender is connected to something physical. Through numerous encounters with people living outside the binary cis-normativity, Clara-Lane deconstructed her own thought-process and questioned her preconceptions of gender identities. This deconstruction process pushed her to develop a new approach to painting. The artist now illustrates sexed bodies, with physical attributes and external signs that could be defined as gendered. Clara-Lane wants to show that gender and sex are distinctive, that external characteristics do not automatically affirm one’s gender, even if some people do use them to affirm theirs. Clara-Lane claims an understanding of gender identities that goes against cis-normative and binary stereotypes. Humane, personal, and timeless, Moon in Vertigo invites the viewer to deconstruct their biases on gender identities and binarity. Between abstraction and figuration, Clara-Lane paints gendered, sexed, sensitive and tangible people in an intimate and powerful atmosphere.

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Opening on 23 September from 6pm to 9pm 

Exhibition dates
24 September to 24 October 2021

Opening hours
Wednesday to Sunday
10.30 am to 6 pm

that’s what x said
142 Rue Blaes
1000 Brussels

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