阿塞尔维伍德画廊由鲍尔斯・阿塞尔维伍德在 2001 年 1 月于安特卫普中心成立, 隶属阿塞尔维伍德公司旗下。画廊起初以支持前卫派零运动(ZERO)及具体派艺术(Gutai)为愿景, 后逐渐向当代艺术推进, 特别专注于与虚无、创作过程有关的概念及时空经验的疑惑。
阿塞尔维伍德画廊为艺术家提供中立的平台, 与他们建立珍贵而紧密的关系。这些关系自我们与艺术家举办展览后不断增长, 包括自 2007 年起在威尼斯福尔图尼宫美术馆(Palazzo Fortuny) 双年展展览《艺术节拍・当时间变成艺术》、《无限》、《TRA・边缘过渡》、《塔皮埃斯・艺术家之眼》、《比例》及 2008 年巴黎法国美术学院的《学术 : 你是谁?》展览。
画廊亦以曾协办纽约所罗门古根汉美术馆的具体派及零运动回顾展为荣, 包括 2013 年的《具体美术展・非凡游乐场 》 及 2014 年的《 零・明天倒计时, 二十世纪五
六十年代 》展览, 坚持以在艺术史中为两种艺术运动留名为己任。
自 2013 年起,我们开始与学者, 如富井玲子(Reiko Tomii)、 蔡宇鸣(Ming Tiampo)及平井章一(Shoichi Hirai), 出版一系列具体派书籍, 推广具体派在历史的重要性。 该系列的第一本书籍介绍了今井祝雄(Norio Imai)的作品,并于纽约所罗门古根汉美术馆举行的具体派回顾展中展出。有关前川刚 (Tsuyoshi Maekawa)的重要书籍及名坂有子(Yuko Nasaka)与白发一雄(Kazuo Shiraga)的专论亦紧接于 2014 及 2015 年相继出版。
2014 年 5 月,阿塞尔维伍德画廊扩展至香港, 在该城的中心地区成立海外的第一个展览场地, 并邀得艾尔・安纳祖(El Anatsui) 为开幕创造新作。实体扎根香港后, 阿塞尔维伍德画廊将继续连系东西方的艺术表现。两个分中心均与在世艺术家紧密合作, 同时积极的与本地及国际观众交流; 我们会继续出版代表艺术家的专论,并参与国际主要的当代艺术展览。
Axel Vervoordt Gallery was founded by Boris Vervoordt in the center of Antwerp in January 2011 as part of the Axel Vervoordt Company. As a strong supporter of Zero and Gutai art movements from its inception, the gallery’s vision has gradually evolved into contemporary art with a special interest in the concept of the void, the process of the creation and in the questioning of the experience of space and time. The gallery provides a neutral platform for artists with whom we’ve created a valuable, intense relationship. These relationships have never stopped growing since the exhibitions we created with the artists since 2007 at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice, during the Biennial (Artempo. The Eye of the Artist and Proportio) and in 2008 at the Ecole des Beaux-Art in Paris (Academia. The gallery is also proud to have collaborated at the major Gutai and Zero retrospective exhibitions at the Guggenheim, New York in 2013 (Gutai: Splendid Playground) and in 2014 (Zero: Countdown to Tomorrow 1950s-60s) and continues to work on firmly inscribing both art movements in art history. Since 2013 we started publishing our Gutai book series together with academics like Reiko Tomii, Ming Tiampo and Shoichi Hirai in order to give an everlasting shape to Gutai’s historical importance. The first book in this series treated the work of Norio Imai and was presented during the Guggenheim Gutai retrospective. In 2014 a substantial publication about Tsuyoshi Maekawa followed and in 2015 also monographs about Yuko Nasaka and Kazuo Shiraga. In May 2014, Axel Vervoordt Gallery expanded to Hong Kong and opened its first overseas exhibition venue in the city's central district. El Anatsui created new work for this occasion. By having a physical presence in Hong Kong, Axel Vervoordt Gallery will continue to bridge artistic expressions between the East and the West. Both locations work closely with living contemporary artists while actively engaging with local and global audiences. We continue to publish monographs on the represented artists and participating in major contemporary art fairs internationally.
