Ives Maes

The Recyclable Refugee Camp, a group of biodegradable objects, tackles the ethical imperative that encourages art to intervene in the world, localizing the epicenter of a new utopia inside the boundaries of the art world itself
Sunville is a research by Ives Maes on the objecthood of photography that ranges from old photographic techniques and expired film to digital 3D technology
The Future of Yesterday is a photographic series about the architectural remnants of world exhibitions, often revealing an ironic contrast between the grand utopian views of times past and the urban reality of today
The Recyclable Refugee Camp, a group of biodegradable objects, tackles the ethical imperative that encourages art to intervene in the world, localizing the epicenter of a new utopia inside the boundaries of the art world itself
The Future of Yesterday is a photographic series about the architectural remnants of world exhibitions, often revealing an ironic contrast between the grand utopian views of times past and the urban reality of today
Ives Maes has re-photographed archival images as well as his own pictures, taken in 2009 and 2013, from the “All Union Agricultural Exhibition”. These former images are juxtaposed with new photographs taken during the build-up of the Moscow Biennial.
The Future of Yesterday is a photographic series about the architectural remnants of world exhibitions, often revealing an ironic contrast between the grand utopian views of times past and the urban reality of today
Ives Maes KMSKA Kosmorama Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp World’s Fairs Expo
The Recyclable Refugee Camp, a group of biodegradable objects, tackles the ethical imperative that encourages art to intervene in the world, localizing the epicenter of a new utopia inside the boundaries of the art world itself
Sunville is a research by Ives Maes on the objecthood of photography that ranges from old photographic techniques and expired film to digital 3D technology
The Camera's Blind Spot III, La Camera Palazzo Dè Toschi Bologna
The Future of Yesterday is a photographic series about the architectural remnants of world exhibitions, often revealing an ironic contrast between the grand utopian views of times past and the urban reality of today
Ives Maes' Recyclable Refugee Camp, a group of biodegradable objects, tackles the ethical imperative that encourages art to intervene in the world, localizing the epicenter of a new utopia inside the boundaries of the art world itself
Ives Maes KMSKA Kosmorama Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp World’s Fairs Expo