ABSENCE
KUBE Gallery, Genk, Belgium
21 May – 29 August, 2026
ABSENCE brings together objects that cannot stand on their own. A picture frame leans on crutches. A plaster form sits in a used wheelchair. Bandages hold them together without healing them. The exhibition looks at what remains when the structures that held a life (home, country, belonging) give way, and survival depends on temporary support.
Homeless
2026
Sculptural painting: oil on canvas, wooden frame, cardboard, crutches, bandages
200 × 117 × 20 cm
Also shown: KAF Young Art Prize finalists’ exhibition, Wrocław, 2026–2027
A damaged picture frame can no longer hold itself up. Resting on crutches, it becomes a stand-in for a body: wounded, unsteady, still upright. Medical bandages and torn cardboard bind it together but do not repair it. They protect, restrain and expose the damage all at once. Homeless is about what happens when the things that held a person (home, stability, belonging) collapse.
