Kortrijk Art

About the exhibition

% is a solo exhi­bi­ti­on by artist Ruo­ru Mou at Lie­baert Pro­jects. Wor­king pri­ma­ri­ly in sculp­tu­re and instal­la­ti­on, Mou’s pro­cess-led prac­ti­ce recon­fi­gu­res orga­nic mate­ri­al, indu­stri­al forms and by-pro­ducts alongsi­de cine­ma­tic tro­pes to ques­ti­on how we assign value and navi­ga­te excess. Her works often trans­form over time, reflec­ting the con­tin­gent sys­tems that sha­pe pro­duc­ti­on, cir­cu­la­ti­on, and mate­ri­al politics.

Ruo­ru Mou (1997, Flo­ren­ce) lives and works bet­ween Lon­don and Amster­dam. Recent solo and group exhi­bi­ti­ons inclu­de For­tu­na­te at Cell Pro­ject Spa­ce, Lon­don; Life After Life, 15th Kau­nas Bien­ni­al, Kau­nas; OFF­SPRING De Ate­liers, Amster­dam; Big For­tu­ne, Woon­huis De Ate­liers, Amster­dam; Cere­mo­ni­al Weight, April in Paris, Aer­den­hout; On Fee­ling, The Appro­ach, Lon­don and Lef­to­ver Linings at San Mei Gal­lery, London.

About the location

Lie­baert Pro­jects is a pri­va­te foun­da­ti­on for con­tem­po­ra­ry visu­al art in Kort­rijk. Hou­sed in the for­mer De Stoop flax wea­ving mill from 1888, Lie­baert Pro­jects orga­ni­zes exhi­bi­ti­ons fea­tu­ring young, emer­ging artists from home and abroad, with a strong focus on sculp­tu­ral and video work. The non-pro­fit orga­ni­za­ti­on was foun­ded in 1999 by the late Gery Van Ten­de­loo, together with a group of enthu­si­as­tic art lovers and col­lec­tors. Today, the orga­ni­za­ti­on has 14 mem­bers under the lea­der­ship of cura­tor Bren­da Guesnet.