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Michel François Joins Art : Concept Gallery Roster

artist · 2026-04-26

Concept gallery in Paris has welcomed Belgian artist Michel François to its lineup. François, who was born in Sint-Truiden, Belgium in 1956, currently resides and creates in Brussels. Since the 1980s, he has cultivated a multidisciplinary approach focused on sculpture, which influences his photography, video work, installations, performances, curatorial efforts, and more recent paintings. His art is marked by a thorough examination of space, matter, volume, and form conditions. Rather than viewing artworks as standalone entities, François sees them as interconnected, engaging with the exhibition environment. This results in a dynamic setting of interdependencies, driven by an organic, rhizomatic logic. The gallery's announcement underscores his continuous exploration of the material and conceptual limits of art.

Key facts

  • Michel François was born in Sint-Truiden, Belgium in 1956.
  • He lives and works in Brussels.
  • His practice since the 1980s includes sculpture, photography, video, installations, performance, curatorial projects, and painting.
  • Sculpture serves as a structuring practice for his other media.
  • His work reflects on space, matter, volume, and the conditions of form.
  • Artworks are conceived as part of a network of relations, not autonomous entities.
  • The exhibition space becomes a site of interdependencies and unstable configurations.
  • Art : Concept gallery has added him to its roster.

Entities

Artists

  • Michel François

Institutions

  • Art : Concept

Locations

  • Sint-Truiden
  • Belgium
  • Brussels
  • Paris

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