At first sight the simple image of an ordinary house, where time stands still. Around the center image of the house though, other images appear: portraits of people, men and women. Ghosts or humans? The house reflects a social network on scale, a miniature world inhabited by people from very different origin, with different looks.

At first sight a colorful reproduction of human and cultural diversity. But at the same time the moving still focuses on negative diversity such as racism, hate and war in general. 

Against the harmonic and intimate setting of two elderly people in their bedroom, we feel the tension of life and death. The old woman, sitting on the side of the bed, waiting for her husband to wake up. But is that so? Nothing is sure in this timeless portrait of an old man and his beloved wife by his side. Is he dying or just sleeping? And what is she waiting for? Only time will reveal. An old couple caught in one of the most precious moments of life. A human still life. A snapshot while time passes by as the images changes and moves on slowly. Until death do them part.

A naked, muscled woman holding on to a table with flowers, trying to move it slowly. The tension of her body-in-action contrasts smoothly with the white curtain blowing gently in and out of the window. More subtle than the first moving still and with a more sensual reference, it shows the same choreographic composition of the body and a photographical imaginary. 

At first sight the simple image of an ordinary house, where time stands still. Around the center image of the house though, other images appear: portraits of people, men and women. Ghosts or humans? The house reflects a social network on scale, a miniature world inhabited by people from very different origin, with different looks. At first sight a colorful reproduction of human and cultural diversity. But at the same time the moving still focuses on negative diversity such as racism, hate and war in general. 

When I was down beside the sea

A wooden spade they gave to me

   To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup.

In every hole the sea came up

   Till it could come no more.

Chili 2011. A sensual setting in a beautiful modernist garden. Two naked women take place around the pool. As they move slowly and swim one by one towards the other side, their bodies seem to emerge in the water. When they come out and almost disappear out of sight, we feel something is not right. We look again, try to focus and see different women, different bodies. But is this really so or just our imagination? Symbol of fertility and purity women have always assumed an important role in society, especially in culture and art. Because of their power to create and give birth, they are closely connected to both the earth and the divine. Creatures of female beauty (Three Graces), they love (Venus), inspire (the Muses) and rule (Mother Nature).

With a sense of interest for the human body, Kurt Stallaert created in this video a breathtaking tension between beauty and mysteriosity. And the tension is so hard that we want to look over and over again. 

part of installation for Minimuseum for gallery Ronny Van De Velde

Kurt Stallaert realized an intimate and unique motion portrait of singer-songwriter Jay-Z, at a secret location in New York city. In a setting which Kurt and Jay decided together, Kurt captured an elegant and timeless portrait of the rapper, evoking an undefinable air of passion and crime. In a gloomy New York room, filled with smoke and silence something is about to happen. Or maybe it already happened? No sound, only smoke. A man, a woman and a dog moving dreamy and in slow motion through a living room. Documentary or voyeurism? Forced to look over and over again, trying to get the picture, we perceive an uncomfortable silence and mystery. A certain suspense overcomes. The spectator, at first only eyewitness, gets unavoidable involved in this thrilling story and becomes a suspect, a partner in crime. 

This series suggests an imaginary world with a powerful twist (literally). At first glance, his images may look common: people in daily surroundings. But when you look closer you’ll notice the surreal twist!

While investigating the images you’ll discover a dreamy and unknown universe that seems only little familiar but yet entirely in-existent. A world that is both realistic and surreal but above all queer. Kurt’s eye for beauty, detail, humour and drama culminates in a tangible tension in each of these images. We may sense that these bodybuilders want to tell us something but their message has gone numb, leaving us completely surprised and staggered, trying to imagine what’s going on behind the curtains.

It’s a world that seduces the spectator to look twice and is only a reference to the photographic truth. Does reality lie here in authenticity of representation or in authenticity of emotion? They seem to balance eternally between attraction and rejection, between reality and surreality, human and superhuman. But opposites attract. Once you’ve looked at these bodybuilders, they never let you go again!

This series suggests an imaginary world with a powerful twist (literally). At first glance, his images may look common: people in daily surroundings. But when you look closer you’ll notice the surreal twist!

While investigating the images you’ll discover a dreamy and unknown universe that seems only little familiar but yet entirely in-existent. A world that is both realistic and surreal but above all queer. Kurt’s eye for beauty, detail, humour and drama culminates in a tangible tension in each of these images. We may sense that these bodybuilders want to tell us something but their message has gone numb, leaving us completely surprised and staggered, trying to imagine what’s going on behind the curtains.

It’s a world that seduces the spectator to look twice and is only a reference to the photographic truth. Does reality lie here in authenticity of representation or in authenticity of emotion? They seem to balance eternally between attraction and rejection, between reality and surreality, human and superhuman. But opposites attract. Once you’ve looked at these bodybuilders, they never let you go again!

This series suggests an imaginary world with a powerful twist (literally). At first glance, his images may look common: people in daily surroundings. But when you look closer you’ll notice the surreal twist!

While investigating the images you’ll discover a dreamy and unknown universe that seems only little familiar but yet entirely in-existent. A world that is both realistic and surreal but above all queer. Kurt’s eye for beauty, detail, humour and drama culminates in a tangible tension in each of these images. We may sense that these bodybuilders want to tell us something but their message has gone numb, leaving us completely surprised and staggered, trying to imagine what’s going on behind the curtains.

It’s a world that seduces the spectator to look twice and is only a reference to the photographic truth. Does reality lie here in authenticity of representation or in authenticity of emotion? They seem to balance eternally between attraction and rejection, between reality and surreality, human and superhuman. But opposites attract. Once you’ve looked at these bodybuilders, they never let you go again!

A very intimate portrait of a mother and a child bathing. As they are about to come out, we may suggest they have been playing together in the water for a while. A lake, the sea and the intimacy of naked bodies coming out of the water. Gracious and sensual. 

When we think of water, we think of baptism, the circle of life. We are water.