{"id":5631,"date":"2022-05-26T09:39:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2022-06-09T18:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:15:16","slug":"artist-arne-quinze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/art\/artist-arne-quinze\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Arne Quinze reinvents public space"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Sommaire<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e0e8173740a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e0e8173740a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/art\/artist-arne-quinze\/#From_Street_Art_to_public_art_Arne_Quinzes_desire_to_express_himself_artistically\" >From Street Art to public art, Arne Quinze&#8217;s desire to express himself artistically.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/art\/artist-arne-quinze\/#Transforming_public_space_into_an_open-air_museum\" >Transforming public space into an open-air museum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/art\/artist-arne-quinze\/#Bringing_people_together_creating_wonder_and_provoking_reactions_the_ultimate_goal_of_his_unconventional_art\" >Bringing people together, creating wonder and provoking reactions: the ultimate goal of his unconventional art<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Art should not be elitist, it is essential to liberate art from its walls&#8221;: a quest by Belgian impressionist artist Arne Quinze. This is how the public comes into daily contact with art. His works are installed in cities and transform the public space into an open air museum. This contemporary painter and sculptor creates colorful works that originate in the plant world to encourage the viewer to embrace nature and its fascinating diversity anew. A truly extraordinary in situ art exhibited around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_Street_Art_to_public_art_Arne_Quinzes_desire_to_express_himself_artistically\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Street Art to public art, Arne Quinze&#8217;s desire to express himself artistically.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5613\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5613\" class=\"wp-image-5613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne-Quinze-The-Beautiful-Dreamer-Paris-Sculpture-47795-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" width=\"900\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne-Quinze-The-Beautiful-Dreamer-Paris-Sculpture-47795-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne-Quinze-The-Beautiful-Dreamer-Paris-Sculpture-47795-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne-Quinze-The-Beautiful-Dreamer-Paris-Sculpture-47795-1536x1225.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne-Quinze-The-Beautiful-Dreamer-Paris-Sculpture-47795-2048x1633.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Quinze | The Beautiful Dreamer | Paris<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnequinze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arne Quinze<\/a> was born in 1971 in the Flemish Region and spent his childhood in the midst of nature and the countryside. In 1980, after his parents&#8217; divorce, he followed his mother and moved to Brussels. He discovers a gray city, full of concrete, almost soulless&#8230;. A great disappointment for him, but which eventually leads him to the world of art. It was during this period, at the age of 14, that he began to make graffiti and bring life back to the city. He tagged wagons, painted trains and, most importantly, got people to respond! This is how he got the trigger for his career as an artist: he wanted to bring people together and encourage them to communicate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has achieved this goal, as his projects can be seen in the biggest cities of the world. Arne Quinze creates wooden structures, sculptures, paintings, drawings and other large-scale installations that promote social interaction, urbanization and diversity. From Dubai to Sao Paulo, he artistically expresses his optimism for social cohesion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numerous monumental projects have stimulated his career and made him a major artistic figure, including his sculpture Uchronia in the Nevada desert. A huge collection of wooden planks, 30 meters high and 60 meters wide, which he set on fire in 2006 to symbolize transition and renewal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5616\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5616\" class=\"center wp-image-5616\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Uchronia_Nevada-_USA@Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Uchronia_Nevada-_USA@Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Uchronia_Nevada-_USA@Dave-Bruel-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Uchronia_Nevada-_USA@Dave-Bruel-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Uchronia_Nevada-_USA@Dave-Bruel-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Quinze |\u00a0Uchronia | Nevada USA | Dave-Bruel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is now multiplying his projects and exhibiting his works in prestigious places, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bam.mons.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Mons Museum of Fine Arts<\/a> in 2021. In 2022, at the 59th Venice Biennale, he will unveil his latest sculpture Lupine, which embodies the power of nature. The Flemish artist will also be the guest of honor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brafa.art\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brafa<\/a> in 2022. From June 19 to 26, he will present paintings, sculptures, sound installations and the design of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.egecarpets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> carpet<\/a> for this edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5598\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5598\" class=\"center wp-image-5598\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Lupine_Centaurea_Mons@Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" width=\"900\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Lupine_Centaurea_Mons@Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Lupine_Centaurea_Mons@Dave-Bruel-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Lupine_Centaurea_Mons@Dave-Bruel-1536x1472.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Lupine_Centaurea_Mons@Dave-Bruel-2048x1963.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Quinze | Lupine Centaurea | Mons | Dave Bruel<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Transforming_public_space_into_an_open-air_museum\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transforming public space into an open-air museum<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Cities as open air museums &#8211; it sounds like an idealistic dream, but I strive to make it a reality. To confront a public that is surrounded by art on a daily basis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/fr\/design\/cc-tapis-et-le-tapis-a-la-mode-du-digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art<\/a> has a positive influence on people and their personal development: it broadens their horizons and makes them more tolerant of differences in society.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Belgian artist advocates that culture should not be locked up indoors, but spread outward so that everyone can recapture it and enjoy its beauty. His installations are integrated into public spaces to intervene in everyday life. In this way, they create a different dynamic for urban development. &#8220;The public area should be able to become a cultural place in the broadest sense of the word. At the beginning of his career, he began by looking for cities that could become open-air museums.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5601\" style=\"width: 587px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5601\" class=\"center wp-image-5601\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Stilt-house_Mumbai@Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne quinze\" width=\"577\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Stilt-house_Mumbai@Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg 1847w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Stilt-house_Mumbai@Dave-Bruel-768x1064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Stilt-house_Mumbai@Dave-Bruel-1108x1536.jpg 1108w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Stilt-house_Mumbai@Dave-Bruel-1478x2048.jpg 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Quinze | Stilt house Mumbai | Dave Bruel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few years later, Arne Quinze&#8217;s gigantic installations flourished in the city centers of Belgium, France, Germany, Brazil, the United States and China; unconventional public works that defy any perception of the urban landscape. Among them: The Sequence, a sculpture, like a giant bridge of concrete and orange wood, 80 m long and 15 m high, representing the movement of the city and symbolizing the meeting of different cultures (Brussels, 2008).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5619\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5619\" class=\"center wp-image-5619 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne_Quinze_Sequence2.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne_Quinze_Sequence2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Arne_Quinze_Sequence2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Quinze | Sequence | Bruxelles<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arne Quinze&#8217;s constructions and sculptures are the result of numerous encounters with the unbridled beauty of nature. He uses his garden as a model. In his works, the artist presents society as a sample of nature. He denounces monoculture and calls for the preservation of diversity and pluralism, experimentation and cross-breeding. &#8220;During my many<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/fr\/design\/cc-tapis-et-le-tapis-a-la-mode-du-digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> travels,<\/a> I have noticed that where monocultures begin, natural wildflower fields disappear. The beautiful wild lupine, itself a victim of these cultures, has become my ally in bringing back diversity in our society. It grows freely in my garden among other wildflowers and is my inspiration for my oil paintings and metal sculptures.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bringing_people_together_creating_wonder_and_provoking_reactions_the_ultimate_goal_of_his_unconventional_art\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bringing people together, creating wonder and provoking reactions: the ultimate goal of his unconventional art<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By reconciling public space and nature, by mixing the beautiful with the dark, or by breaking with the conventions of urban art, Arne Quinze aims to provoke interactions. Passengers stop in front of the works, become spectators and share their emotions with others: a cohesion is created. This audience represents the wooden planks used for construction, which were separate before the installation, and then linked together to form a whole. What drives Arne Quinze is the belief in an idealistic society where everyone communicates, shares and interacts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to carry out this project, he exhibits installations with organic forms and explosive colors that offer cheerfulness. &#8220;I would like it to have a unifying virtue.&#8221; The essential principles that recur in his work are the use of wood and electric, fluorescent colors. The artist then assembles everything in a precise manner. Each placement of boards is studied to bring people together and create encounters. His large-scale projects are designed in such a way to grab the viewer.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5604\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5604\" class=\"center wp-image-5604\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne Quinze\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Erysimum@-Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Arne quinze\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Erysimum@-Dave-Bruel-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Erysimum@-Dave-Bruel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Erysimum@-Dave-Bruel-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ArneQuinze_Erysimum@-Dave-Bruel-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Quinze | Erysimum | Dave Bruel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artist even goes so far as to create a sense of loss in the audience. He deliberately cultivates ephemeral art: &#8220;The void that is left after the installation is removed is greater than the void before it. At the time of installation, the work is subject to positive and negative criticism, but once appropriated, the audience demonstrates to keep it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By going against the norm, Arne Quinze creates openness, a strong dialogue and a bridge between different cultures and people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Art should not be elitist, it is essential to liberate art from its walls&#8221;: a quest by Belgian impressionist artist Arne Quinze. This is how the public comes into daily contact with art. His works are installed in cities and transform the public space into an open air museum. 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