Gerda Van Damme

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  • Installations:
  • Joy
  • The ravages of time
  • The End of Things Known
  • Time
  • The Way We Were, Dendermonde, 1969-1974
  • The Cabinet
  • I Failed To See Time Go By
  • The Display Cabinets

The Ravages Of Time, the tombstone 

Tombstone of 134 x 84 cm, paraffin wax, talc powder and aluminium, 2021.

The artist created her own tombstone, engraved in paraffin wax. The work reflects on the tenacity with which we try to be remembered by future generation, and the fragile, fugitive character of those "remainders". The work will not stand the test of time, being made from paraffin wax, just as the memory to our life achievements will not stand the time and die soon after us.

In situ installation in the Church of Notre Dame du Mont Carmel in the city of Thuin, 2021.

The ravages of time, the memorial stone

Memorial stone of the artist of 84 x 54 cm, paraffin wax, talc powder and brass plate, 2022.

The text on this commemorative stone ends with "She was", the continuation of the text appearing erased by time, as well as the memories of her person that will be erased by time.

Exhibition view and detail

© Gerda Van Damme 2025 - All rights reserved. Rue d'Angleterre 8 - 6000 Charleroi - gerdavandamme@gmail.com
Member of the "Fédération des Arts Plastiques". Member of the artists collectives "Grosses Lacunes" and "The Muybridge Collective".

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