CosmopOlitan Gallery
CosmopOlitan gallery
The P8 building in Genk, designed by famous architect Mario Botta, hosts the Cosmopolitan gallery.
The cosmOpolitan gallery was founded in 2013, with a vision to represent and promote the works of art and concepts of Koen Vanmechelen. The founders, Yannick Nijs and Luc Vrielinck, wanted to create a platform that enabled them to stage exhibitions and provide first hand insight into the fascination world of the artist. Furthermore, the gallery creates a commercial selling point with direct access to the artist and his studio.
Koen Vanmechelen is one of the most prolific and prominent contemporary artist in Belgium. Central to his extensive and innovative oeuvre is the concept of bio-cultural diversity. Vanmechelen gained worldwide acclaim with his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, an international undertaking of crossbreeding national chicken species, in search of a hybrid or cosmopolitan chicken. This super bastard would eventually carry the genes of all breeds of chicken on this planet. Vanmechelen has several projects parallel to the CCP: The CosmoGolem, The Walking Egg and The Cosmopolitan Chicken Research Project. The artist's work is an investigation of and an ode to the beautiful diversity and hybridity of life.
The gallery is fully lit with white Erubo on-Track luminaires, scattered across multiple profiles positioned on the ceiling in a parallel arrangement
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- aplis 80 directional Apply aplis 80 directional filter
- aplis in-line 40 Apply aplis in-line 40 filter
- aplis in-line 80 Apply aplis in-line 80 filter
- aplis in-line 80 downlight Apply aplis in-line 80 downlight filter
- ato 80 single Apply ato 80 single filter
- ato 80 twin Apply ato 80 twin filter
- cana 40 Apply cana 40 filter
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- dolma 80 Apply dolma 80 filter
- dolma 80 outdoor & shower Apply dolma 80 outdoor & shower filter
- down in-line 40 Apply down in-line 40 filter
- down in-line 80 Apply down in-line 80 filter
- esprit ceiling Apply esprit ceiling filter
- esprit floor Apply esprit floor filter
- esprit pendant Apply esprit pendant filter
- fuga 900 Apply fuga 900 filter
- fuga 1200 Apply fuga 1200 filter
- holon 40 Apply holon 40 filter
- holon 40 directional recessed mounted Apply holon 40 directional recessed mounted filter
- holon 40 directional surface mounted Apply holon 40 directional surface mounted filter
- holon 40 pendant Apply holon 40 pendant filter
- holon 80 twin in-cana Apply holon 80 twin in-cana filter
- mini rokko Apply mini rokko filter
- nuit profile Apply nuit profile filter
- onn-wall Apply onn-wall filter
- prologe 145 single directional Apply prologe 145 single directional filter
- rei profile Apply rei profile filter
- side in-line Apply side in-line filter
- side in-line 25 Apply side in-line 25 filter
- side in-line 40 Apply side in-line 40 filter
- stripe 25 double Apply stripe 25 double filter
- up in-line 80 Apply up in-line 80 filter
- wabi Apply wabi filter