Gallery Fifty One

A weekend-based program until May! Stig De Block 28/03/2026 Artist talk and presentation of his new book project – Harry Gruyaert 11/04/2026 Launch and signing of his new book: New York – Katrien De Blauwer 18/04/2026 New artwork specially made for the occasion – Bruno V. Roels 08/05/2026 A live monoprint event

All prints have value Instead of fussing over making the perfect gelatin silver print, for example, Roels realized that all printed versions of an image have value, and he decided to not show that one perfect print, but all of them, in one composition. Some of his compositions consist of hundreds variations of one single negative, all printed in the dark room. Photography is a mimetic art, it imitates life. But Roels pushes it further: when printing variants of one image; he creates a mimetic feedback loop. The prints are not just interpretations of a reality, but of themselves as well.

All prints have value Instead of fussing over making the perfect gelatin silver print, for example, Roels realized that all printed versions of an image have value, and he decided to not show that one perfect print, but all of them, in one composition. Some of his compositions consist of hundreds variations of one single negative, all printed in the dark room. Photography is a mimetic art, it imitates life. But Roels pushes it further: when printing variants of one image; he creates a mimetic feedback loop. The prints are not just interpretations of a reality, but of themselves as well.