Universe

The project Universe consists of 1004 drawings made by Ricardo Brey between the autumn of 2002 and the spring of 2003, it was presented for the first time at the S.M.A.K in Gent in October 2006. The Universe represents not only the description of a fictional cosmos but also an encyclopedia of the most diverse materials and techniques that Brey has been using in his work for 30 years .He has combined assemblages, drawings and painting in hybrid form. The main subdivisions are devoted to fishes, birds, plants, floods, insects or the moon; drawings are displayed in free association with each other in 99 horizontal showcases especially foreseen by Ricardo Brey for his Universe. Entering the space the spectator discovers a fascinating world unfolding itself and is submerged into an ocean of drawings , moving within and feeling surrounded by them , visually making his own associations. Together with the exhibition a 500-page book has been published, in which the 1004 drawings are reproduced at a 90% scale and where the only text is a detailed description of each work, in this the project will be kept together as a whole and will be able to reach far and as many people as possible.

Universe

Universe.Installation view in the SMAK, Gent

7 Oct.’06 -7Jan 2007

Universe.Installation view in the SMAK,Gent.

Buddha

Chironomus riparus

Fenix

Bamboo

Untitled

Rolling stones

Untitled

Water horizon

Narcissus

Kingdom

Beauty

Splendor

Mantis de las flores

Leaf insects

El nido

Untitled

Lino

Untitled

Shpa opaca

Untitled

XXII

La edad de oro

Untitled

Roots

Lucanidae

El arca

Untitled

Escila y Caribdis

Mémoire N°V PI

Vanished

Moon traveller

Untitled

Acción de la linea

Capa comprimida

Copper meteorite

Untitled

Pequeña sombra a la entrada

Intuition

Golden legs

Energy fields

Universe, SMAK, Gent,

07Oct 2006 -07Jan 2007

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