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Bendt Eyckermans paints the pillars of his life. His partner, his friends and the many sculptures that populate his historic studio space – belonging to his family, five generations of Antwerp artists – all serve as models for striking figures that seem carved in paint. Their rigid, deformed appearances make them seem like they are hardening in the theatrical magic of the shadowy hours. They appear as if cast from life, albeit frequently tending toward grotesques. In this way paintings become processed memories, while everyday events and situations take on a context that is as haunting as it …