Alias

“In the age of artificial intelligence, fake news and deepfake videos, we are now confronted – at all levels of society – with an unprecedented need to make critical distinctions between fact and fiction. But instead of drawing a strict line between the two, fictional artists allow illusion and reality to coexist. They present their intricately spun fabrications as facts. These practices differ to more mainstream ones because the artists in question don’t leave it up to others to describe and interpret their artistic lives: they do it themselves,” says Valerie Verhack, curator of the exhibition Alias at M Leuven. The group exhibition ‘Alias’ includes work by the following artists: Alfred Johansen, Aston Ernest, Bernadette Corporation, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Charles Rosenthal, Claire Fontaine, Darko Maver, Eleanora Antinova, Emily Feather, Ernest T., Florence Hasard, Hennessy Youngman, Henry Codax, Herman Smit, Hubert Van Es, Jakup Auce, Janez Janša Janez Janša Janez Janša, Jim Jilborn, John Doe co., John Dogg, Justine Frank, Leo Josefstein, Lucie Fontaine, Martin Tupper, NV Panneel, Oksana Pasaiko, Patrick Ireland, Philippe Thomas, Puppies Puppies, Reena Spaulings, Roberta Breitmore, Santo Sterne, Storm van Helsing, Suha Traboulsi, Various Artists, Vern Blosum.