Peter Buggenhout Belgium, b. 1963
Emerging as one of the most influential sculptors of his generation, Peter Buggenhout (b. 1963, Dendermonde, Belgium) creates works of art that touch upon the paradoxes of meaning. As on par with the ideas of Constructivism in the 1910s, Buggenhout's sculptures are seemingly devoid of any symbolism. Yet, his sculptures stand alone, carrying meaning in its own entity rather than its amalgamation of materials. Constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing its body, Buggenhout perpetually shapes the identity of these monumental structures.
Buggenhout's sculptures dwell between paradoxes—of representation and abstraction, of singularity and unity, of immortality and extinction. He has created a new language for these bodies of works. The series do not represent things but present ideologies. Yet, the irony in its existence is in the inevitability of its interpretation. Although the bodies of work themselves resemble nothing, through his work series, they begin to resemble those that have been created before. In this way, their identities are indefinitely interchangeable with one another. No work can be easily distinguished, for it is difficult to recall the exact form and structure of each sculpture. Rather, they are constructed as a sequence of analogies (reference Sofie Van Loo's 'Analogies' in Sincerely, a Friend), a parallel presentation of the incomprehensible processes that surround and define us and that embody both the methodical and the arbitrary. Its irony lies within its ability to be solely its own entity, yet also becoming a part of a collective. Buggenhout's works exist without being instructed, for his works are something remembered—but lost.
Born in 1963, Buggenhout graduated from Sint-Lucas with a degree in Installation Art. Transitioning from painting to sculpture in 1989, Buggenhout's main objective was to defy the symbolic representation that he felt was inherent to painting. Peter Buggenhout's work has been exhibited and acquired by numerous institutions worldwide: Centre Pompidou (Paris), MoMA/PS1 (New York), Palais De Tokyo (Paris), Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), La Maison Rouge - Foundation Antoine De Galbert (Paris), Deichtorhallen (Hamburg), MONA (Hobart-Tasmania), Gladstone Gallery (New York), David Roberts Art Foundation (London), Neues Museum Nurnberg (Nurnberg), Frankfurter Kunstverein (Frankfurt), De Pont Museum (Tilburg), Saatchi Gallery (London), M Museum (Louvain), Marta Herford (Herford), MAM (Rio de Janeiro), MNMN (Monaco), Herzliya Biennial (Tel Aviv), Taipei Biennial (Taipei), Kunstverein Hannover (Hannover), MDD (Deurle), Art Unlimited (Basel), and more.
Buggenhout currently lives and works in Gent, Belgium.
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jason haam: five years, part two
15 Mar - 29 Apr 2023In celebration of the gallery’s fifth anniversary, Jason Haam is pleased to present a special two- part exhibition with the artists who have shaped and developed the identity of the...Read more -
Group Show
Ahmed Alsoudani, Oliver Arms, Peter Buggenhout, Marie Cloquet, Jung Jae Ho, Linn Meyers, Jin Meyerson, Anthony Pearson, Florian Schmidt, Mircea Suciu 25 Jan - 12 Mar 2019Jason Haam is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring a selection of works by: Ahmed Alsoudani, Oliver Arms, Peter Buggenhout, Marie Cloquet, Jung Jae Ho, Linn Meyers, Jin Meyerson,...Read more -
Temporalizing Temporality
Peter Buggenhout & Marie Cloquet 8 Nov 2018 - 14 Jan 2019Jason Haam is pleased to present Temporalizing Temporality a two-person exhibition by Peter Buggenhout and Marie Cloquet. The show will open on November 8th, 2018 and remain on view through...Read more
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Peter Buggenhout bij Konrad Fischer en Axel Vervoordt
Marc Ruyters, HART, October 24, 2019 -
Artists Announced for 2019 Frieze Sculpture Display in London including Huma Bhabha, Robert Indiana, Tracey Emin and Tom
Artfix Daily, June 6, 2019 -
Infinitive Mutability at Axel Vervoordt Gallery (Hong Kong)
ARTE FUSE, April 8, 2019 -
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019: A Post-mortem
Diana d’Arenberg, OCULA Magazine, April 6, 2019 -
CCC abre sus puertas a la exposición del artista Peter Buggenhout
MiMorelia, March 31, 2019 -
낯선 시공간 속으로... 피터 부겐후트·마리 클로케 2인展
윤 다함, ART CHOSUN, December 6, 2018 -
시간성: Temporalizing Temporality
THE SEOULive, December 1, 2018 -
Temporalizing Temporality 전
PUBLIC ART, December 1, 2018 -
선형을 벗어난 시간
한 지희, Art In Culture, December 1, 2018 -
<아트&아트인> '조각과 회화의 만남' 피터 부겐후트와 마리 클로케
장 지선, 일요시사, November 19, 2018 -
갤러리 제이슨함, 피터 부겐후트·마리 클로케 작가 2인전 개최
MBN 뉴스, November 16, 2018 -
새롭게 창조된 시공간을 만나다...피터 부겐후트&마리 클로케 2인전
김 희원, 세계일보, November 10, 2018 -
[미술전시]제이슨함 시간성·피비갤러리 이동기·메이스페이스 김용호
박 현주, 뉴시스, November 9, 2018 -
성북동 갤러리 제이슨함 '시간성: Temporalizing Temporality' 2인展 개최
김 영철, 디자인정글, November 8, 2018 -
Peter Buggenhout ofrecerá conferencia magistral aquí
Diario de Querétaro, June 12, 2018 -
Peter Buggenhout | The Blind Leading The Blind, Bologna
Elena Bordignon, ATP Diary, January 25, 2017 -
Peter Buggenhout
Ory Dessau, 100, April 1, 2016 -
M Museum's Eva Wittocx on Peter Buggenhout
Guillaume Kidula, THE WORD, March 26, 2015 -
Peter Buggenhout wants to tread on the world's tail
Museum Leuven, March 11, 2015 -
Peter Buggenhout
Alexandra Fau, Zero Deux, March 1, 2015 -
Inside
Ivo Bonacorsi, Domus, November 5, 2014 -
Peter Buggenhout: Sculptural Complexity, Industrial Salvage
Art Observer, May 14, 2014 -
Peter Buggenhout
Jeffrey Kastner, ARTFORUM, May 1, 2014 -
Peter Buggenhout: 'Caterpillar Logic II'
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, April 10, 2014 -
PETER BUGGENHOUT Caterpillar Logic II
Darren Jones, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2, 2014 -
Peter Buggenhout at Barbara Gladstone Gallery
Merrily Kerr, New York Art Tours, April 1, 2014 -
Fresh from the Cosmic Junk Heap: The Sculpture of Peter Buggenhout
Thomas Micchelli, Hyperallergic, March 22, 2014 -
Peter Buggenhout
Michaël Amy, Kate Buckley, January 4, 2012 -
CONTES INVERTEBRES BY PETER BUGGENHOUT AT GALLERY LAURENT GODIN, PARIS
Sophie Pinchetti, Purple Diary, May 24, 2011 -
Peter Buggenhout at Konrad Fischer
Contemporary Art Daily, June 3, 2010 -
Seizing the Chaos of Life: A Conversation with Peter Buggenhout
Michaël Amy, Sculpture, June 1, 2009
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Peter Buggenhout: "It's a strange, strange world, Sally"
Book Release 2010English, 204 pagesRead more
ISBN: 978 90 209 8476 7
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Peter Buggenhout: Caterpillar Logic
Book Release 2010English / German, 60 pagesRead more
ISBN: 978 3 86984 133 5
Dimensions: 29.5 x 21 cm -
Peter Buggenhout: No Shade in Paradise
Book Release 2017English, 302 pagesRead more
ISBN: 978 3 96098 230 2
Dimensions: 29.5 x 22.5 cm -
Peter Buggenhout: We Did It Before, We Will Do It Again
Book Release 2015English / French, 394 pagesRead more
ISBN: 978 2 85917 550 4
Dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm