zegervetters@gmail.com
Short biography:
Zeger Vetters was born in 2000 in Mortsel, Belgium. After highschool at Rudolph Steinerschool Lier, he moved To Gent for a fine arts study at KASK followed by a master in fine arts. Currently still working and living in Gent.
Statistics:
1m81cm
61kg
M
Exhibitions: 17
Jacob Lambrecht on me and my work:
Zegers’ is a multifaceted practice. With one foot in collective, community based activity, and another in the solitary simplicity of traditional media like painting and sculpture.
The tension between the two makes Zeger who he is in a way, and I think it reflects a more general duality within him as an artist.
There is an immense connection with ‘culture’ and all the concepts, communities and figures that inhabit it. This is also reflected in the way alter ego’s are used and merged with the Zeger we know. Being A museum director in tux who is overly happy on the outside but in fact sleep deprived, a flemish dove fanatic with an elaborate backstory rooted deeply in Flemish Folk, opening a shisha lounge decked out in love letters,... Or even in a group exhibition I also participated in ; Smugling turkish pop hits in an exhibition room using a model Mercedes out of cardboard as a trojan horse,... I believe all these different fragments of cultures are exaggerated impressions of who Zeger is and how he relates to the world around him.
This affinity with culture goes even further, it extends and maybe grows out of an artistic practice, and being, based in ‘tradition’ of some sort. Zeger is very much the grandson of his grandfather, and his grandfather before that. And just like Zeger, I suspect some of these grandfathers were also fond of painting some landscapes from time to time. Like mentioned before, the solitary, tradtional acts of painting, woodworking, and sculpting have underpinned much of his artistic activity, even tough these works are more often than not tucked away, rarely to be seen. And so remain a solitary act, maybe just an act of sanity. The reason these works are tucked away is simply the need to express oneself in a relevant way, tugging at the boundaries between art and life, while he himself is being tugged between future and tradition. 2000, the turn of the millenium, Must have been a confusing year to be born in.