Gallery FIFTY ONE

Gallery FIFTY ONE + FIFTY ONE TOO (Antwerp) specializes in fine art photography and works on paper. In 2020, the gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary. For Drawing Now a selection has been made of works by Arpaïs Du Bois and Jan Yoors, with Dirk Zoete as a highlight. At the fair, Zoete will present new work around cactuses; studies coming from a series of larger drawings where Zoete applies the frottage technique: a piece of wood is laid behind the paper and by rubbing the paper with pigment and colour pencil, the structure of the wood becomes visible. With the study of cactus leaves, the artist performs a subtle balancing act between the concreteness of the plant and the abstract dimension of their geometric shapes