MARUANI MERCIER

  • Main Section
  • Booth B03
  • Brussels , Knokke , Zaventem

Founded in 1995, MARUANI MERCIER represents 23 contemporary artists alongside its program of museum-quality historical exhibitions, whilst continuing to build on the legacy of several renowned estates. Showing established artists alongside young and emerging new talent, the gallery promotes dialogue across generations and continents. Initially, the gallery’s program focused on celebrated American artists from the 1980s who sought to reflect the aesthetic and social concerns of their time. This includes Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Ron Gorchov, Peter Halley, Jonathan Lasker, and Sue Williams. Over the years, the gallery looked to a new generation of artists who, working within different media, also address topical subjects relating to history, politics, the environment, as well asquestions of identity and authorship. Amongst these, Radcliffe Bailey, Esiri Erheriene-Essi, and Hank Willis Thomas examine topics surrounding Black history and culture whilst Lyle Ashton Harris looks at societal constructs of sexuality and race. Jaclyn Conley´s nostalgic paintings present a poignant rumination on the socio-political concerns of American life, whilst Tony Matelli confronts themes of isolation and impermanence with humor and irony. In 2001, MARUANI MERCIER opened an additional gallery in Knokke, followed by a 15,000 sq ft exhibition space and artist residency in Zaventem called THE WAREHOUSE in 2018. This expansion heralded a vanguard of artists from West Africa including Cornelius Annor, Kwesi Botchway, and Johnson Eziefula who have participated in the residency program. Their inclusion in the gallery’s already versatile program ensures further engagement with the ever-changing canon of art history. In 2022, the gallery opened its fourth space located on the waterfront in Knokke dedicated to showcasing a program of modern masters including Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, and Joan Miró.

+32 473 97 72 36
P1266244

  • Brussels

    430 Avenue Louise
    1050 Brussels
    Belgium

  • Knokke

    90 Kustlaan
    8300 Knokke
    Belgium

  • Knokke

    759 Zeedijk-Het Zoute
    8300 Knokke
    Belgium

  • Zaventem

    5 Lambroekstraat
    1930 Zaventem
    Belgium

Represented artists

Radcliffe Bailey , Ross Bleckner , Francesco Clemente , Jaclyn Conley , Ron Gorchov , Justin Brice Guariglia , Peter Halley , Lyle Ashton Harris , Jeppe Hein , Jonathan Lasker , Tony Matelli , McDermott & McGough , Paul Mogensen , Arne Quinze , Bea Scaccia , Kasper Sonne , Philip Taaffe , Hank Willis Thomas , Gavin Turk , Sue Williams

2023

2022

2020