GALLERY STATEMENT
Founded in Luxembourg in 1996, Erna Hecey Gallery proved to be a dynamic force on the Luxembourg scene, organizing numerous exhibitions and events over a ten-year period,
with a special focus on collaborative projects. In 2005 Erna Hecey moved to a large industrial space in Brussels, designed specially by the architecture firm Lhoas & Lhoas.
The larger space has allowed us to start a parallel exhibitions and projects program, which highlights particular artworks, historical works, and creative art publications outside the standard exhibition format.
The gallery supports innovative, emerging creation, and represents an international mix of young and established artists. Our first shows featured Fabrice Hyber, Marcel Broodthaers, Sophie Calle, Thomas Hirschhorn, Andres Serrano, Nan Goldin, Nedko Solakov, John Armleder, Peter Friedl, Bert Theis, and Lawrence Weiner. The gallery has participated in many art fairs since 1998 including Art Basel, FIAC, ARCO, Art Forum Berlin, and Art Brussels, and has realised several major installations at Art Unlimited Basel with Uri Tzaig, Pierre Bismuth, Johan Grimonprez, Peter Friedl, and Jana Sterbak.
Since relocating to Brussels, the gallery has organized exhibitions of Peter Friedl, Johan Grimonprez, Eleanor Antin, Jana Sterbak, Uri Tzaig, Rainer Oldendorf, and Pierre Bismuth, among others, as well as specially curated shows.
In 2005 Erna Hecey founded a Project & Consulting Agency in Luxembourg for designing and managing exhibitions and cultural events, and for acting as an artistic advisor for large-scale site specific and architecture-related projects. We will be curating for Luxembourg 2007 European Cultural Capital Sophie Calle’s “Exquisite Pain,” set in a special installation designed by Frank Gehry. The exhibition is situated in Rotunda 1, a grand 19th Century industrial building (2000 m2) originally used for the maintenance of locomotives.
Artfairs since 1998
ART BRUSSELS, ART FORUM BERLIN, ART BASEL, ARCO MADRID, FIAC, Artdealers Marseille |
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