“It is important to open and direct your eyes, to look and to feel what is happening in the world.” – Genoveva
Genoveva Eyckmans lived in Wolfsdonk.
The artist Genoveva Eyckmans was a ceramicist and painter.
The artist Genoveva Eyckmans from Wolfsdonk (Aarschot) was a ceramicist. Each of her artworks is unique and handmade.
Video maker: Rik Terlyn
themes:
The human being: bodies in which now the head, now the limbs are accentuated, expressing: fear, powerlessness, pain, wonder, protest, anger, unrest, joy, happiness, love, compassion…
Nature: forms that sprout from the twigs of trees, that break open the ground and grow, bundled life forces, clouds and all the ‘elements’.
- Loitering youths.
2) ‘GAYA, the primal mother’
H 54 cm, W 45 cm, D 30 cm.
Marble from Portugal.
5) DERVISHES
metal and ceramics
The arches symbolise the sweep of the skirt.
2 x bronze: ‘Who is shy here behind me?’
The one in the middle does not dare to open his legs. The other two cheer him on.
“The year 2021 is a kind of jubilee year for me. 50 years ago I went to a real academy for the first time.
As a child and teenager I was always busy drawing and painting. After our marriage, my husband encouraged me to follow a course at an academy.
In the early 70s I first chose an orientation year. I was still searching for which direction I wanted to take. Quite soon I got to know Maurice Haccuria. I became fascinated by his work. I took lessons with Haccuria for many years.
After the traditional still lifes, my paintings became more nervous, still all oil on canvas. Then I began to experiment with other materials. Slowly more matter came into play: pieces of car wrecks, ship’s ropes, rusted metal, even worn-out towels. After a while I found wood paste the most suitable material.
A wild and intense period followed, but then I had to take some distance and recharge. Time to discover something new. I got to know clay and… clay got to know me. Together we quickly achieved a decent result. But clay had its laws, which I did not know and did not respect, so that the intended result was not always achieved. A ceramics course became necessary. A new world opened up.
A CERAMICIST IS ALSO AN ALCHEMIST.
Technically it went well, but gradually my work became laced with humour, confusion, compassion and jokes. Titles became questions to which the viewers had to give or seek the answers themselves.
A person spends their whole life storing and processing daily experiences. All events leave emotions behind. That mix of feelings forms the foundation of my work.” – Genoveva Eyckmans