SUPPORT / LOADING, 2020. Archival pigment print, 31 1/2 x 62 1/4 in., available Installation view, Silent Earth, Deutsche Börse AG, Eschborn, 2020 Installation view, Silent Earth, Deutsche Börse AG, Eschborn, 2020 Installation view, Terraforming Fantasies, Salone Banca di Bologna di Palazzo De Toschi, Bologna, 2019 Installation view, Terraforming Fantasies, Salone Banca di Bologna di Palazzo De Toschi, Bologna, 2019 Peak Oil, One Hundred Trillion, 2018 Installation view, World Without Us, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, 2018 Installation view, World Without Us, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, 2018 Nowe Czarowne, 2016. Archival pigment print, 78 3/4 x 59 in., public collection: Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Test for Action, 2016 Plot Twist, 2016, archival pigment print, 21 5/8 x 29 1/2 in., 22 1/8 x 30 x 0 7/8 in. framed, ed 5, available Installation view, Fight or Flight, Frac Haute-Normandie, 2016 Installation view, Fight or Flight, Frac Haute-Normandie, 2016 Plateau, 2015. Archival pigment print, 78 3/4 x 59 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Mirror, 2015. Archival pigment print, 27 1/2 x 21 5/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection FR Overgrown, 2014. Archival pigment print, 59 x 49 1/4 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Selma, 2014. Archival pigment print, 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Studio Floor, 2014. Archival pigment print, 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Mask, 2014, archival pigment print, 78 3/4 x 59 in., 80 3/4 x 61 in. framed, ed 5 + 1 AP, available Mist, 2013. Archival pigment print, 72 1/2 x 55 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Trope, 2013, archival pigment print, 78 3/4 x 58 1/4 in., 80 1/8 x 59 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. framed, ed 5 + 1 AP, public collection: Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Creation/FR Fragment 06, 2012, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 49 1/4 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Pupils, 2011. Framed archival pigment print, 13 3/4 x 16 1/2 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Fragment 08, 2011. Archival inkjet print, 49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Andrea, 2011, archival inkjet print 15 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection US Fragment 01, 2010, archival inkjet print, 49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Lair, 2010, archival inkjet print on wall, 51 1/8 x 68 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection LU Three Suns, 2009. Lambda print, 49 1/4 x 61 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection FR The Institute, 2009. Archival pigment print, 72 1/2 x 55 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Whiteout 1, 2008-2009, Lambda printing, 19 5/8 x 23 5/8 in., ed 5, private collection Whiteout 3, 2008-2009, lambda print ed 1/5, ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection FR Whiteout 5, 2008-2009, inkjet print, diptych, 19 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. ed 1/5, ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection FR Dead Bird, 2008, lamda print, 50 x 39 3/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection BE Desert Tree, 2006. Lambda print, 50 x 39 3/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available The Lion (sleeps tonight), 2005. Lambda print, 49 1/4 x 65 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection FR Liepaja, 2004, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 53 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection US Albino, 2003, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection FR Hotel Siaulai, 2003, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection FR Blue key, 2003, lamda print, 39 3/8 x 49 1/4 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection US Futuro, 2002, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection Blast # 3, 2001. Lambda print, 39 3/8 x 49 1/4 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, available Abyss, 2000, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 51 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, public collection: Seattle Art Museum/US Tatra, 1999, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in., ed 4, private collection US Pools at dawn, 1999, lambda print, 39 3/8 x 51 1/8 in., ed 5 + 1 AP, private collection ES Trajectory#1, 1999, archival inkjet print, 19 5/8 x 27 1/2 in., framed, ed 5 + 1 AP, available
Biography
In his extensive work, Goiris deals with the possible loss of the world as we know it. On his travels, he captures deserted landscapes, strange rock formations, gnarled trees, and mysterious artefacts with the precision of his large-format camera, imparting them a fascinating physical presence. Objects and landscapes in his photographs are made to appear like melancholy carriers of secrets, impossible to be classified in terms of time or space. The combination of accurate reproduction with the bizarre nature of motifs not only captivates the viewer’s gaze but stimulates our reflections on the state of the world. His images are intentionally unpinned from a specific era, giving the feeling of looking at the past and the future simultaneously. They unite references to exemplary works of photography and traditions in painting without committing to specific genres or pictorial motifs.
His work is present, among others, in the following collections: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Museum of photography, Antwerp; Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Spain; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris; Direction des Affaires culturelles de la Ville de Paris; Deutsche BÖRSE AG, Germany.
Selected exhibitions: Word Without Us, Biennale de la photographie de Mulhouse, Caserne des pompiers, Hombourg/FR (public space)(2020); Silent Earth, Deutsche Börse AG, The Cube, Eschborn (2020); World Without Us, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Anvers (2018); Geert Goiris, Musée de Bagnes, Bagnes (curators : Jean-Paul Felley & Olivier Kaeser) (2014); Geert Goiris, M – Museum, Leuven (2013); Le Silence. Une fiction, Villa Paloma, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco (2012); The eye is a lonely hunter: images of humankind, The 4th edition of the Fotofestival Mannheim – Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen (2011); Whiteout and other stories, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2010); Fresh Hell, Carte Blanche à Adam McEwen, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2010).