Hilde Van Gelder

In de duinen [In the Dunes] (1966-1998), 2025.



81 duplicates of original slides from the artist’s family archive, all taken in or nearby the dune house in Nieuwpoort, and selected and sequenced by the artist. Photographers: Luc Weytjens, Paul Kestelyn, Marie Kestelyn, Annie Kestelyn. The last image of the sequence is found footage and was made by an unknown photographer.

This work has both been exhibited as an analog sequence in a slide projector and in a digital version.



Photo by Jonas Reubens © Hilde Van Gelder
Photo by Jonas Reubens © Hilde Van Gelder

Photo by Jonas Reubens © Hilde Van Gelder


 
De Blinkerd aan Zee (1995), 2023. Oil paint on hand-cut rag of canvas, mounted in oak frame. Canvas: 38 x 30 cm. Framed work: 41 x 33 cm.



Image left: © Hilde Van Gelder; Image right (installation view at KEI, Coxyde, 2025): Photo: by Dirk Pauwels © Hilde Van Gelder