Danny Matthys
° 1947
Born in Zottegem (BE), lives in Gentbrugge (BE).
Danny Matthys’s oeuvre comprises diverse media such as photography, installation, video, painting, assemblage and sculpture. In his works he investigates an environment that is well known to him. He explores and analyses his own living space, in the broadest sense of the word. He takes stock of physical space, studies and systematises it. For him the revealing of structures is always more important than aesthetic qualities. Matthys wants to make us aware of the how complex we are in our roles as viewers. In this way we can see the work as a formalised research of perception.
>Danny Matthys, Paaltje bij lager gelegen weiland, 1973.Photography, 23 x 64 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Lange golfbreker, 1974.Photography, 24 x 76 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Terras, 1974.Photography.
>Danny Matthys, Sint-Bavopad, 1974.Photography.
>Danny Matthys, Terras [Terrace], 1974.Photography, ink, paper, 6 x ( 51.5 x 41.7 cm ).
>Danny Matthys, Vertikalen, begrenzing van een weiland [Verticals, Limits of a Meadow], 1974.Photography, ink, paper, 24 x 84 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Golf, St-Malo, 1975.Photography, 23 x 53 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Brabantdam 59, Gent, Downstairs-Upstairs, 1975.Photography.
>Danny Matthys, Brabantdam 59, Gent, trap, gelijkvloers, eerste en tweede verdieping, 1975.Photography, 108 x 24 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Balken, wegberm in Dworp, 1975.Photography, 34 x 40.5 cm.
>Danny Matthys, +-0, 1976.Periodical, tijdschrift.
>Danny Matthys, 88 polaroidprints, installatie Meerseniersstraat, 1976.Photography, black-and-white photos, prints of polaroid negatives, 174.5 x 102.5 cm.
>Danny Matthys, 032303 + 6 Polaroid Black & White prints, 1977.Photography, black-and-white polaroids, paper, 57.5 x 38.5 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Helicopter, 1978.Photography, ink, paper.
>Danny Matthys, Z.T. (Massive Gold), 1979-2010.Photography, 157 x 185 x 4 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Vivre d'Abord [To Live, Above All], 1979.Photography, photo, paper, 71 x 129 cm, 115 x 135 cm, 74.5 x 122.5 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Vivre d'Abord [To Live, Above All], 1979.Photography, b/w photo.
>Danny Matthys, Daniël Matthys 1978 - 1982 : Van Rubens tot Van Eyck, 1982.Book, ink, paper, 21 x 29.5 cm, language : Dutch, French, publisher : ICC/Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen.
>Danny Matthys, Venezia y Cultura [Venice and Culture], 1984-1988.Installation, photographs, neon light, 225 x 22.5 x 7 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Ping-Pang, 1985.Photography, ink on paper.
>Francky Cane , Pierre Alechinsky, Jean Bilquin, Bram Bogart, Jan Burssens, Jacques Charlier, Willem Cole, Leo Copers, Franky DC, Raoul De Keyser, Paul Delvaux, Yves De Smet, Karel Dierickx, Lili Dujourie, James Ensor , Jean-Michel Folon, Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Octave Landuyt, Marc Maet, Marcel Maeyer, Frans Masereel, Danny Matthys, Jozef Mees, Luc Peire, Roger Raveel, Rita Reychler, Pjeroo Roobjee, Raoul Servais, Rik Slabbinck, Philippe Vandenberg, Ludwig Vandevelde, Philip Van Isacker, Paul Van Rafelghem, Dan Van Severen, Willy Van Sompel, Erik Verhal , Pierre Vlerick , Roger Wittevrongel , Maurice Wyckaert, Kunst & Leven: 80 KUNSTENAARS schenken een werk voor een POLIO-VRIJE WERELD, 1989.Invitation Card, print on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm.
>Danny Matthys, Beneficio Guatemala, 2010.Collage.
>Danny Matthys, Close reading, 2011.Collage.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: DE INTERNATIONALE - Museum of Affects. 26 November 2011 - 29 January 2012.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Diest. 27 November 2014 - 21 December 2014.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Herzele – Beyond words. 03 April 2015 - 03 May 2015.
> Exhibition: From Broodthaers to Braeckman – Photography in the Visual Arts in Belgium. 06 October 2016 - 05 February 2017.
> Exhibition: INBOX: Ziekenhuisschool 2018. 09 March 2018 - 25 March 2018.
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> Exhibition: Kunst & Leven: 80 KUNSTENAARS schenken een werk voor een POLIO-VRIJE WERELD. 01 April 1989 - 08 April 1989.
> Exhibition: MONOCULTURE | A Recent History. 25 September 2020 - 25 April 2021.
> Exhibition: Museum of Parallel Narratives. In the framework of L’Internationale. 14 May 2011 - 02 October 2011.
> Exhibition: The Collection. 28 April 2017 - 31 December 2021.
> Exhibition: The collection XXVIII – If you shoot a bullet in a vacuum, will it keep travelling forever? (Emily Wardill). 17 June 2011 - 18 September 2011.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXII – Personality Test + The Book Lovers. 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.
> Exhibition: Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens, Part III. 16 September 2017 - 12 November 2017.
> Exhibition: Urgent Conversations Athens - Antwerp. 31 October 2016 - 05 February 2017.
> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2014 [Acquisitions 2014].
> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
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> Ensemble: EUGENICS.
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> Ensemble: Francky Cane - Invitations Group Exhibitions.
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> Ensemble: ICC_Publications.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
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> Ensemble: MONOCULTURE - ARTWORKS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
> Ensemble: Permanent Collection / Fluxus.
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> Ensemble: Reflections on Cultural Complexity.
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> Ensemble: To Live, Above All.