Benoit Platéus

°1972, Liège (BE) - lives and works in Brussels (BE)

Benoit Platéus is a Belgian artist who uses various media to investigate the disappearance and (re)appearance of the image. He starts from clichéd – typical and recognisable, easy to read – images, which he then distorts and makes difficult to read in different ways, giving them a completely different, open meaning.

The result of this process can be a drawing, collage, photo, sculpture or painting. This is because Platéus really digs into the specific characteristics of each medium or technique, in order to explore their limits. Once he feels that he has reached those limits, he continues with another medium. Because of the different media Platéus uses, it may seem as if his different series of works deal with different issues, when in fact, the works always focus on the same thing: making an image disappear and appear simultaneously, in order to expand its content and our reading of it.

 

Benoit Platéus

Benoit Platéus’ work is exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at Wiels, Brussels; Bonner Kunstverein: Bozar, Brussels; Annarumma, Naples; Albert Baronian, Brussels; Johannes Vogt, New York; Skibum MacArthur, Los Angeles; and S.M.A.K., Ghent. He also had group-exhibition at, among others, Almine Rech, London; Mu.ZEE, Ostend; Musée du jeu de Paume, Paris; and KIOSK, Ghent.

 

works by Benoit Platéus

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 09 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 09

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 07 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 07

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 08 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 08

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 06 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 06

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 05 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 05

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 04 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 04

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 03 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 03

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 02 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 02

Benoit Platéus - Herminia 01 - 2018

Benoit Platéus

Herminia 01

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