Stefaan Loncke

Stefaan Loncke, °Belgie 1970.

I use art as a medium to explore the concepts of Identity and non-Identity, position and non-position, the tension between nature and culture. I'm fascinated by what escapes a culture, by what lies beyond the Gap in human norms (mouth of the primordial abbys which dissolves all identity) and the multiplicity of phenomena within Culture, which envelop this Gap.

I question, I examine.

To me, the question is of more importance then the answer. When the question results in an answer, I like to tear the answer open, creating new questions. I have difficulty to accept definite constructions (such as theories, criteria, images, etc...) and mistrust strivings who have this as a goal, for they lead towards the gaze of the Medusa.

I experiment with different disciplines such as drawing, painting, performance and and bodyworks.