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Nick Ervinck explores the borders between various media. He tries to find an interaction between virtual constructions and hand-made sculptures. A lot of a different media are used by the artist such as, prints, video and digital drawings. They lead to the making of sculptural forms made of painted plaster, polyester and wood.
In his digital prints and animations Nick Ervinck creates a surrealistic space by strange combinations of forms and by playing wildly with volumes, proportions and colours.
At least, one can say the virtual world of this artist is strange. Polymorphic, synthetic forms invade 'seemingly' authentic rooms, monumental buildings are detached from the ground en become living sculptures or daring combinations of ships, churches and skyscrapers float over an endless sea. This world is a fiction, constructed and deconstructed by an almighty creator. Tired of playing games by others, Nick Ervinck created his own world.
The Belgian visual artist Nick Ervinck (Roeselare, 1981) creates huge installations, sculptures, prints, workdrawings and animated films. For several years he participated
in many individual projects and group shows. In 2005 he received the Godecharle prize for Sculpture and in 2006 the Mais prize of the City Brussels and the prize for visual art of West-Flanders. Recently he showed work at the Museum of Contemporary Art SMAK in the city of Ghent, the gallery Koraalberg in Antwerp, the Brakke Grond in Amsterdam, 80 WSE Gallery New York, Show off Paris, studio Hermann Wagner Berlin, MAMA Rotterdam and Year07 Projects London.
GNI-RI may 2008 (Text by Edith Dhoove)
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2007
Bouwmodellen voor technologische koralen. De rol van de ‘nieuwe media’ in het werk van Nick Ervinck (Text by Wouter Van Acker)
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interview text Artes Digitales
Digitaal Heldendom (Text by Christophe De Jaeger)
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edition text SMAK
My World and Language (Text by Jan Philip Hachmeister)
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interview text Nick Ervinck GNI-RI 2006
A Director of hybrid Worlds. Interview with Nick Ervinck by Phillipe van Cauteren. (Text by Philippe van Cauteren and Nick Ervinck)
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catalogue text Nick Ervinck GNI-RI 2006
Recognition-signs, word-signs, Passwords, Solutions. (Text by Sabine Dorscheid)
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catalogue text Nick Ervinck GNI-RI 2006
Plastic thinking and the plasticity of the mind. (Text by Guy Bovyn)
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catalogue text Nick Ervinck GNI-RI 2006
Mnemosyne in motion - Nick Ervinck’s archiving of the mind. (Text by Muriel Andrin)
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catalogue text Progress
Nick Ervinck. (Text by Christophe De Jaeger)
catalogue text Flacc
My own space The sculptural work of Nick Ervinck. (Text by Evert Crols)
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publication text Openbaar Kunstbezit
Nick Ervinck maakt het virtueel tastbaar. (Text by Daan Rau)
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exhibition text GNI-RI NOV2006, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam - NL
GNI-RI NOV2006 (Text by Christel Vesters)
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Iebanulk. (Text by Christophe De Jaeger)
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catalogue text
Ephermerality
Archisculpt I (Text by Muriel Andrin)
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exhibition text GNI-RI FEB2006, Kunst-Zicht, Gent - B
Plastic thinking and the plasticity of the mind. Nick Ervinck´s digital alchemy. (Text by Guy Bovyn)
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GNI-RI 2003-2005 (Text by Nick Ervinck)
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