De Brakke Grond invites visitors to discover What Cannot be Held. Curator Suzanne Wallinga will offer a guided tour through the exhibition she curated using the collection of Mu.ZEE Ostend. From over 8.000 artworks, Wallinga selected eleven artists whose work reflects on the precarious position of human beings in a world that is constantly in flux.
The exhibited works explore, from different perspectives, the instability of social relationships, the fragility of identity, and the in-between space where past, present, and imagination meet. While some artists take a formal, universal approach, others draw from personal narratives—their family histories, memories, and immediate surroundings. In a time of shifting societal structures and crumbling certainties, these works offer a powerful reflection on the human experience.
The artists invite to pause and reflect on vulnerability, the power of radical empathy, and the tension between connection and loss. They explore borderlands: between dream and reality, culture and nature, the visible and the intangible.
Featuring works by Danai Anesiadou, Anouk De Clercq, Lili Dujourie, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Valérie Mannaerts, Angyvir Padilla, Edith Dekyndt, Katja Mater, Tramaine de Senna, An van. Dienderen, and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven.