Vincent De Roder, Tom Früchtl, Astrid Köppe, Franziska Reinbothe, Gonzalo Reyes-Araos
Opening: SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2026, 11 am—6 pm
Exhibition dates: JUNE 14—JULY 4, 2026
Open hours: SAT—SUN, 2 pm—6 pm
LAGE EGAL [LOODS 12]
Koophandelstraat 12
9230 Wetteren, Belgium
Contacts: Vincent de Roder • www.loods12.be
+32 496 63 93 58 • info@loods12.be
Pierre Granoux +49 173 180 72 26 (WhatsApp)
Echoing the famous song by The Rolling Stones, the off-site group exhibition GIMME SHELTER III
resonates with the selection of works presented by LAGE EGAL (trans.
location doesn’t matter), a nomadic gallery based between Berlin and
Brussels.
Vincent de Roder’s invitation for this third edition
extends the gallery’s fluid identity: a practice of displacement,
relocation and the circulation of works rooted in the dynamics of
contemporary art.
The selected works display their colours and
abandon figuration to surrender to their own visual languages, inviting
the viewer to enter the artists’ unique worlds. TOM FRÜCHTL’s raw
gradients bleed into one another as if colour itself were under
pressure; FRANZISKA REINBOTHE’s distorted frames warp the familiar until
recognition gives way to unease; ASTRID KÖPPE’s strange metallic
compositions hold light hostage in surfaces that feel both ancient and
alien; GONZALO REYES-ARAOS’s deliberately “glitchy” visions
short-circuit the image, exposing the fractures beneath; and VINCENT DE
RODER’s silent bands and blocks accumulate with a quiet precision that
makes the void feel densely inhabited. Together they form a body of work
permeated by the tension of an angry world, where everything seems
within striking distance — It’s just a shot away, it’s just a shot away. On the verge of collapse.
GIMME, GIMME SHELTER OR I’M GONNA FADE AWAY
Here,
the artists breathe life into ways of thinking and approaches that
question both painting and the world they inhabit. This temporary
shelter thus becomes a place of refuge, a place to protect oneself from
latent danger. The works open up escape routes, journeys where the gaze
is no longer saturated by the imperatives of the dominant figurative
tradition. The materials then seek to engage with the eye, so that they
too can tell stories, convey tensions and express utopian poetry.
LAGE EGAL [LOODS 12] Koophandelstraat 12, 9230 Wetteren, Belgium
https://lage-egal.net/exhibitions/gimme-shelter-3-lage-egal-curatorial-projects-248-d63a0f6f/