Randoald Sabbe Belgian, b. 1973

Randoald Sabbe was born in Bruges and he works and lives in Ghent. He has a well-earned reputation as a graphic designer who combines his many years of experience gained in his independent art work practices with an intuitive study of the creation of images relating to the conception of visual design. In the exhibition UNCOPYRIGHTABLE he reveals for the first time his own work, which has been created in various sequences since 2020:collected postcards or instantly recognizable symbols have been accompanied either by text or have been amusingly manipulated in such a way that they acquire other connotations. At first glance, his chalk drawings and typographic paintings seem to convey a clear message, but upon closer inspection, they are nevertheless surprisingly puzzling. Randoald Sabbe raises searching questions about when and how an image originates, to whom it belongs and what its meaning implies. Concepts such as  time perception, originality and attribution, re-usability, interpretation and copyright are reconsidered and reinterpreted. He observes the material world with a disarming approach, and by doing so brings familiar elements together to create new visual concepts.