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Artist Statement:
Metal speaks to me.
Firstly it calls to me,
drawing me to it with a
magnetic pull that is
impossible to resist. I might
be walking or driving when
suddenly I know for certain
that discarded and abandoned
metal is nearby, waiting for
me to find it. And I always
do.
And then, when I see the
beauty of the metal, it speaks
to me again, telling me how it
must be worked and shaped into
a piece of sculpture that
everyone can enjoy and share.
For me, the great joy in my
work comes from turning
something considered worthless
into the artwork it becomes.
In this way I am showing my
respect for the metal.
The thread that runs like red
wire through all my work is
recycling. If I could, I would
turn all the old metal and
scrap iron I find into a
museum of modern art. Just
thinking of this idea makes my
heart beat faster.
My work has developed and
taken different directions
over the past ten years, but
was originally inspired by
insects. In the same way, I
see the beauty in these tiny
and delicate, but at the same
time immensely strong and ...
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jardin de sculptures à la
maison / sculptural garden at
home
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Exhibitions for David Vanorbeek:
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2007
• May 12,13,
Les puces des art à Bayonne, France.
• May 17, 18, 19,
Chemin des Artistes de la Haute Vallée de l'Aude à Nébias (Aude,FR).
• June 2 - 14,
Galerie d'Espace d'Art, à Rennes-les-Bains (Aude, FR).
• From 24 of juin till 1th of september,
rue des arts in Carla Bayle (Ariège, FR).
• September 29, 30,
l'art s'invite à Magrie, 1er prix de la sculpture (Aude Fr).
• From 05 of october till 14th of october,
Salon d'automne de Colomiers, invité d'Honneur (Toulouse - Fr).
• galleries Beukenhof, Kluisbergen Belgium
• ESPACE SCULPTURAL - Parc & Galerie at Sculpteur Bernard Verhaeghe (ploegsteert- B.)
• gallerie Brigitte danse - Liége, Belgium
2008
• Golf du Claux Amic
(20 februari 2008 - 20 februari 2009)
Grasse- Cote d'Azur - France
• chemin des artistes
(01 mei 2008 - 04 mei 2008) de la Haute Vallée de l'Aude - France
• Sentier sculpturel de mayronnes 2008
(07 april 2008 - 26 september 2008)
Mayronnes - Aude - France
• L'art sur place
06 april 2008) dans les jardins de les abattoirs Toulouse - France
• Insects and Art exhibition in Plymouth university gallery
More than 50 artists from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States are showing work in the Cube 3 Gallery in Portland Square from September 3 to Friday 17 October 2008.
Monday to Friday > 10:00am to 5:00pm
• Les grandes chemins
40 artistes, associés à des vignerons, des restaurateurs et des hébergeurs vous invitent en Minervois du 24 octobre au 05 novembre. France See also
http://www.les-grands-chemins.com
2009
• Galerie Poulet de Gruissan / France
december 2008
• Till 20 Februari 2010: Golf du Claux Amic, Grasse (Cote d'Azur, France)
• Sentier Sculpturel de Mayronnes 6 april till 25 september (Aude / France)
• En chemin! Artistes a suivre from 21 till 24 may (Haute Vallée de l'Aude/ France)
• Sculptour, galleries Beukenhof may till september Kluisbergen (Belgium)
• Art in the gardens, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, 23 may till 31 october, Hampshire, England
• Galerie d'art du musée "Le 1900" , 1 juin till 31 juin, Lagrasse (Aude / France)
• Les marbières de Caunes-minervois, fête de la sculpture et du marbre 14 juin (Aude / France)
• El-DRAC en Benicarlo, 25 june till 26 july, MUCBE, Benicarlo, Spain
• La vuelta del arte, 02.08.2009 - 30.08.2009, Castellon, Spain
• Echanges Artistiques Catalogne du 24 july au 9 august ,Mas de l'Ille, Port Barcares (Pyrénées-orientales/ France)
• Les grands chemins du 23 october au 4 november au coeur du minervois (Aude / France)
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