During the 'Knoflook Kunstroute', a retrospective of Laurent Geers' work is being showcased at Atelier Verbeke. Laurents' fantastic oeuvre includes Rubenesque sculptures of women in polyester, bronze or 3D mosaics, as well highly realistic still lifes of cheese, charcuterie, and pastries made in marble. The exhibition features works from 1979 to the present.
Laurent Geers
At the academy in Antwerp and Kortrijk he learned to sculpt from live models and work with modeling paste or bronze.
Laurent Geers' favorite subject is the contemporary woman. While fashion increasingly promotes slimmer models, Geers appreciates volume.
He sculpts his models full of strength, emotion, human warmth, and zest for life. Their sensuality is not intrusive, and they have no shame about their body shapes. When a woman has lived, it leaves traces.
Geers makes an effort to capture the transience of beauty and make it endure.