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Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx (b. 1989) is an artist whose research begins with a keen observation of the order of things. A serendipitously found object, a fragment, or a verse can spark a larger process and become a leitmotif in his work. In recent years, the artist has developed a personal lexicon – a visual vocabulary that underpins his evolving artistic practice. Projects such as Through My Eyes and Ai trace the intricate, ever-shifting relationships between words and things, combining poetic sensibility with conceptual clarity. Instead of working anti-retinally in the Duchampian sense, Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx takes a semiotic approach. He is a “semionaut” (Bourriaud), navigating the sea of signs that surrounds us. Spanning ceramics, collage, drawing, and poetry, his works reveal a gestural elegance informed by traditional Japanese aesthetics alongside references to anime and gaming culture. This hybridity is not mere eclecticism; it is the signature…
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Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx (b. 1989) is an artist whose research begins with a keen observation of the order of things. A serendipitously found object, a fragment, or a verse can spark a larger process and become a leitmotif in his work. In recent years, the artist has developed a personal lexicon – a visual vocabulary that underpins his evolving artistic practice. Projects such as Through My Eyes and Ai trace the intricate, ever-shifting relationships between words and things, combining poetic sensibility with conceptual clarity. Instead of working anti-retinally in the Duchampian sense, Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx takes a semiotic approach. He is a “semionaut” (Bourriaud), navigating the sea of signs that surrounds us. Spanning ceramics, collage, drawing, and poetry, his works reveal a gestural elegance informed by traditional Japanese aesthetics alongside references to anime and gaming culture. This hybridity is not mere eclecticism; it is the signature…
