Cavanacor Gallery

Reinout Van den Bergh and Huib Fens

9 November 2003 until January 2004.

This was an important two-person exhibition by Netherlanders artists Reinout Van den Bergh and Huib Fens. The exhibition will feature collaborative work in photography and sculpture by the pair. Huib Fens has completed numerous public commissions and practises in a variety of areas including architecture, painting, sculpture and photography. He is Professor at the Fontys Academy of Visual Arts in Tilburg and Editor at Wagner and Van Santen Publishers. Reinout Van den Bergh studied photography and audiovisual design at the St. Joost Academy for Visual Arts in Breda, The Netherlands and has worked in this area since 1982. His work has been exhibited in various museums in Eastern and Western Europe and published in various books and publications.

The sculpture featured in the duo's Cavanacor exhibition is industrially stoical and forbidding but is finished to an impeccable standard, holding an indefinable fascination for the viewer. The photography on show is the result of a co-operative photo project commenced in 1998 and executed as a result of an expedition around Europe. The images illustrate the diversity of Europe's industrial structures; ancient factories, mills and plants from the first century of the Industrial Revolution. There is an eerie calmness surrounding these images of the once frenetic hives of activity. The exhibition runs from the 9 November 2003 until January 2004.

For more information on this fascinating international collaboration contact: Marianne O'Kane, Curator, Cavanacor Gallery, Lifford. Opening times Tues-Sat 12-6, Sun 2-6 or by appointment. View the website on www.cavanacorgallery.ie