Join us on Sunday, October 12th, from 3pm for an artist talk with Roeland Tweelinckx and Samuel Saelemakers, as they discuss Tweelinckx’s current solo exhibition “Future Sculptures of a Recent Past.” Together, they will explore the artist’s evolving practice, his fascination with perception and illusion, and the ways in which his works challenge our understanding of space and objecthood.

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Roeland Tweelinckx (b. 1971, Belgium) is known for his playful yet precise sculptural interventions that blur the boundaries between the real and the surreal. His works often engage directly with the exhibition space, transforming familiar architectural and everyday elements into sites of quiet disruption. By altering scale, shifting context, or subtly bending the laws of physics, Tweelinckx creates moments of disorientation that invite viewers to question their assumptions about reality and function.

Drawing from the traditions of minimalism and conceptual art, Tweelinckx infuses his practice with humor, craftsmanship, and curiosity. His sculptures and installations often appear as if caught in a glitch — a pipe bending impossibly into a wall, a corner melting into the floor, or a common household object reimagined just slightly askew. These visual riddles reveal both the fragility and the poetry of perception.

Over the past two decades, Tweelinckx has exhibited widely in Belgium and abroad, participating in solo and group exhibitions that highlight his distinctive approach to spatial intervention and material transformation. His work continues to evolve through an ongoing dialogue between the seen and the unseen, the functional and the absurd.

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Samuel Saelemakers is a curator and writer whose work focuses on contemporary artistic practices that engage with perception, temporality, and the conditions of display. Currently serving as a curator at Middelheim Museum in Antwerp, he has developed exhibitions that explore the intersections between sculpture, space, and the viewer’s experience.

Saelemakers’ curatorial approach emphasizes the dialogue between artistic gesture and spatial awareness, making him an ideal interlocutor for Tweelinckx’s work. His insights bridge the gap between curatorial perspective and artistic intent, offering audiences a deeper understanding of the conceptual and material layers within “Future Sculptures of a Recent Past.”