Patrick Van Caeckenbergh

Merging diverse media and methods, a meticulous process of gathering and categorizing images and knowledge forms the backbone of Patrick Van Caeckenbergh’s practice. Drawing from an extensive personal archive filled with scientific diagrams, religious stories, folklore, and literature, his work reflects years of dedicated research. He delves into disciplines like taxonomy, cartography, genealogy, and cosmology, employing these classification systems to weave together and organize his complex ideas. Each project functions as a visual synthesis of the diverse information he accumulates through this investigative approach. One notable example is his series of fictional tree drawings, developed over seven years, which showcase an extraordinary level of detail and precision that borders on photorealism. Though the trees exist solely in his imagination, Van Caeckenbergh’s rigorous classification methods and careful execution create an illusion of authenticity. By merging factual references with imaginative interpretation, he constructs new narratives that reflect his encyclopedic and playful engagement with knowledge and storytelling. ...

Founded by Fabienne Leclerc in 2001, In Situ began in the 13th district of Paris alongside a group of galleries in rue Louise Weiss. After seven years in the 6th, the gallery moved to the Marais in November 2013, then to the Stalingrad district in January 2017. Since October 2019, In Situ - fabienne leclerc has moved into a new space in Romainville, accompanied by Air de Paris, gallery Jocelyn Wolff, gallery Sator the FRAC Ile-de-France as well as the Fiminco Foundation. The ambition of In Situ - fabienne leclerc is to promote young and emerging artists in France and internationally, and to support its established artists in the long term. The gallery strives to support and promote the work of its artists in the gallery, in associated museums and institutions, and to produce and edit artist catalogues and books. ...