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The special feature on contemporary art occupies a conspicuous area.
This year Prof. Johan Swinnen acts as the curator for the Gigacase.  Currently the organisation encourages selected galleries to submit an extra application for this special project entitled “rediscovering photography”.

The Gigacase-selection 2011
44 Gallery, Bruges:
with photographers Renzo De Ceuster and Alain Janssens.
Art 12, Antwerp:
with photographer Spank Moons and artist Julio César Peña
c. de vos galerie, Aalst:
with photographers Lieven Nollet and Stijn Kriele
Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Antwerp:
with photographers Kurt Stallaert and Wim Tellier.
MX 7 Gallery, Antwerp:
with photographers Maarten Vanden Abeele and Elke Andreas Boon.
Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery/ Joye Gallery, Knokke/Brussels:
with photographers Danny Treacy and Vincent Fournier.

The Working Process 2011

The concept of the ‘Gigacase 2011’ project was present- ed to a large number of galleries in early 2011: a space of about 300 to 600 square metres was to be organised into six smaller, open space areas. The booths are arranged so that each gallery can present two photographers, in a di- rect and individual way, never obliging the participating galleries to compromise in any way in terms of quality or the way that the works of art are exhibited.

Later in the year, in September, a coordination meet- ing was held in the S.M.A.K museum between the se- lected galleries, Prof. Johan Swinnen, Francis Feidler and Ward Caes, in order to make sure that everyone in- volved in the organisation of the Gigacase was mindful of the needs of each party.

Read the Gigacase interview johan swinnen

Download the gigacase selection 2011

The National Lottery is also sponsoring part of the stand fee for this new display in 2011.

At the new ‘Lineart Award Event’ on Saturday, 3 December 2011, the organisers present the new laureates and the awards of 2011 in the presence of the galleries and the artists.

After five events, this prize has grown into a coveted feature. The prize winners at the events in 2005, 2006 and 2007 were respectively Louis Decordier, Ellen De Meutter and Renato Nicolodi. Each artist on the shortlist can count on receiving plenty of attention. In 2008, the shortlist consisted of Pascal De Pauw (Galerie C De Vos), Johan Gelper (Gallery El), Hans Albrecht (Galerie Jan Dhaese), Pieter Vermeersch (Koraalberg) and Ward Denys (McBride Fine Art). In 2009, Tinka Pittoors (Margalef & Gipponi Gallery) landed the prize. Since then, her work has been catapulted into the public eye, with numerous exhibitions in Belgium as well as abroad.
Last year Curator commissioner Joost Declercq selected the artists.The winner was Marieke Pauwels.

Winners announced!

The jury, composed of Flor Bex (honorary director of the Museum for Contemporary Art, in Antwerp), Francis Feidler (manager of IKOB) and Sara Alonso Gómez (curator and art historian, Fundacion Ludwig de Cuba), was able to select seven young galleries, each of which has been given a stand in The border, during Lineart 2011. With this initiative, The border 2011 motivates these seven young Belgian promotional galleries with a sponsored selection.

The lucky winners of the B-New Gallery Selection 2011 at Lineart :

• Pinsart Galerie (Bruges) www.pinsart.be
• Pascal-Janssens Galerie (Ghent) www.galeriejanssens.be
• Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery (Knokke) www.samuelmaenhoudt.com
• MX7 Gallery (Antwerp) www.mx7gallery.com
• Art12 (Antwerp) www.art12.be
• A&Gallery (Ghent) www.angels-ghosts.com
• Ingrid Deuss Gallery (Antwerp) www.ingriddeuss.be

History

In 2008, the jury selected Base-Alpha Gallery, D&A lab (Brussels), Dagmar De Pooter Gallery (Antwerp), Galerie El (Welle) and Zwart Huis Galerie (Knokke). In 2009, the jury chose Actionfields (Brussels), Art Cézar (Rotselaar), Margalef & Gipponi Contemporary Art (Antwerp), Pascal Janssens Galerie (Ghent), Rossi Contemporary Art (Brussels), Stieglitz 19 (Antwerp) and Zwart Huis (Knokke). In 2010 the committee, composed of Flor Bex (honorary director of the Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent), Véronique Depiesse (La Collection coordinator RTBF) and Colette Dubois (art critic at FluxNews, art and L’Art Même, among others), selected 44 Gallery (Bruges), Cypres Galerie (Leuven), DS Contemporary Art (Heusden-Zolder), Freemen Gallery (Aardenburg), pascaljanssens Galerie (Ghent), Rossi Contemporary (Brussels), Stieglitz 19 (Antwerp) and KR-line (Bruges).