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JOËLLE DUBOIS

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Joëlle Dubois

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JOËLLE DUBOIS’ (°1990. Ghent, Belgium) bold, colourful and glossy paintings are a feist of ambiguities. Taking social media’s effect on predominantly female users’ lives as a main theme, Dubois explores the digital maze running through these women’s very real lives. Irreversibly integrated in their homes, daily rhythms and sense of selves, smartphones have become portals to an inevitably elusive world of ideals dictating everything happening offscreen. Addicted to social media, endlessly scrolling through images, staring at others – and in so doing at themselves – these women seem caught in an endless quest for both the ultimate liquid* version of themselves and a daily satisfactory amount of social contact and confirmation.

In looking at things, we communicate with those things. We (sub)consciously react to everything we see by recognising ourselves in it (or not), taking a stance, having an emotional reaction to it,… No matter how insignificant an image may appear, we always become involved. Dubois’ works point to exactly this: how what we see influences how we are, feel and act; how everything we look at thus infiltrates our whole being and sense of reality.

She often paints women half naked – exposed and made vulnerable by all they’ve seen and projected onto themselves – with unshaven legs, in unflattering poses, chubby legs…. relentlessly comparing themselves to the images on their phone. When engaged in social events, even the most intimate, they’re never really there, but always there. A mixture of hope, feminism, obsession, apathy, superficiality and realness depicts today’s frantically confused zeitgeist. With her unique visual language, inspired by Japanese erotic block prints, Dubois nevertheless manages to use the countless ambiguities in her works for good. The naivety of the characters points to a dazed but persistent quest for human connection, some sort of authenticity and understanding. Dubois exposes harsh realities but manages to keep things light and hopeful even when they appear bleak and desperate, evoking a sense of compassion rather than cynicism.

*Zygmunt Bauman
Lauren Wiggers, 2021

www.joelledubois.com

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SELECTED WORKS

 eggs series

eggs series

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 eggs series

eggs series

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 eggs series

eggs series

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 eggs series

eggs series

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 there was a kind of madness to it

there was a kind of madness to it

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 elixir of life

elixir of life

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 elixir of life

elixir of life

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 Elixir of life

Elixir of life

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 shower me with lilies

shower me with lilies

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 mother with egg

mother with egg

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 milo

milo

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 let me finish my drink first (homage to nicole eisenman)

let me finish my drink first (homage to nicole eisenman)

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 woman in blue

woman in blue

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 taking notes

taking notes

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 topology of grief

topology of grief

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 moon cave

moon cave

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 the messenger

the messenger

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 three mothers

three mothers

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 forget me not

forget me not

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 the expectant mother

the expectant mother

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 looking at you

looking at you

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 looking at me

looking at me

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 death for breakfast

death for breakfast

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 bed habits (homage to annette lemieux and philip guston)

bed habits (homage to annette lemieux and philip guston)

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 i am my mother’s daughter

i am my mother’s daughter

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 Her name is Lucy

Her name is Lucy

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 sweet ‘n sour

sweet ‘n sour

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 within arm’s reach

within arm’s reach

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 it takes two

it takes two

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 Bacchus

Bacchus

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 am i woman enough for you?

am i woman enough for you?

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 my table 2

my table 2

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 Angel

Angel

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NEWS

 Joëlle Dubois at NAK Aachen (DE)

Joëlle Dubois at NAK Aachen (DE)

18/01/2023

NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein presents the first institutional solo exhibition of Joëlle Dubois' oeuvre.

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 ANNOUNCING THE REPRESENTATION OF JOËLLE DUBOIS

ANNOUNCING THE REPRESENTATION OF JOËLLE DUBOIS

12/11/2021

KETELEER GALLERY is very proud to announce the representation of Belgian painter Joëlle Dubois (°1990. Ghent, BE).

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EXHIBITIONS

 Art Antwerp 2022

Art Antwerp 2022


15.12 - 18.12.2022

Antwerp Expo, Belgium

Jan van Rijswijcklaan 191, 2020 Antwerp



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 Joëlle Dubois

Joëlle Dubois

« Forget Me Not »
22.10 - 26.11.2022

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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 The Painting Show

The Painting Show


09.07 - 27.08.2022

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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 ART BRUSSELS 2020 -> 2022

ART BRUSSELS 2020 -> 2022


28.04 - 01.05.2022

Tour & Taxis, Belgium

Havenlaan 86C, 1000 Brussels



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 ART ANTWERP 2021

ART ANTWERP 2021


16.12 - 19.12.2021

Antwerp Expo, Belgium

Jan van Rijswijcklaan 191, 2020 Antwerp



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