A Day is Done

Dimensions variable
Acryl, Lacquer, Medium and (Iridescent) Pigments
on wooden ladders.

Waterkeyn's works show themselves over a certain duration and through a certain displacement. In other words, they encompass time and space at the same time. It is this inevitability of the environment of the work, in which a visitor is necessary, that Merleau-Ponty, that the Minimalists, that installations refer to.

In turn, the sculptural series of works that Waterkeyn presents references Minimalism in a formal way. In the building where he has his studio, Waterkeyn gathered ladders. Ladders are symbolically loaded in advance; to make strong sculptures out of them, the metaphors had to be removed. Waterkeyn did this by emphasizing the object's characteristics by repeating the object, following the example of Carl Andre and Donald Judd. Afterwards, he also poured opaque and iridescent paint over these works. However, where the Minimalists saw repetition as an impersonal, non-narrative juxtaposition, Waterkeyn opted for a narrative subordination of elements that provide a dramatic tension. These sculptures ask to listen, to observe, for humanity.
— Eline Verstegen