Eyes wide open
Curator: Professor Norman Cornett
Guest of Honour: Andrew Paul MacDonald (CM)
Exhibition dates:
From December 6th to January 12th
Opening: December 11th, from 5:00 to 8:30 pm
Open Doors at the Belgo: December 13th
Meet the artists:
Thursday, December 11th, from 5:00 to 8:30 pm
Exhibition archive, Eyes Wide Open
Presented during the holiday season, this special edition by Éclats Art Contemporain was all about gathering, discovery, and the sensitive exchange of artworks. The exhibition brought together a variety of formats, showcasing the diversity of contemporary practices and the vitality of the current art scene.
Placed under the honorary presidency of award-winning composer Andrew Paul MacDonald , and guided by the curatorial vision of Professor Norman Cornett, the selection highlighted artists whose approaches are distinguished by their authenticity, the rigor of their formal language, and the intensity of their emotional resonance.
Paintings, photographs, sculptures, and works on paper coexisted in a layout designed as a visual journey, where each piece contributed to a collective experience. True to the spirit of Éclats, the exhibition offered an accessible dialogue between the artworks and visitors, fostering a direct encounter with contemporary art.
By bringing together established names and emerging voices, this presentation offered a sensitive and open panorama, inviting contemplation, discovery, and the acquisition of unique works. It created a warm and inspiring atmosphere, conducive to a renewed relationship with art, where the gaze becomes attentive, curious, and fully engaged.
In this rich and stimulating conversation, Professor Norman Cornett engages in dialogue with award-winning composer Andrew Paul MacDonald about the profound relationship between visual arts and music.
At the crossroads of philosophical reflection and artistic experience, this exchange highlights the correspondences between sight and hearing, between visual form and sonic structure. Cornett, true to his interdisciplinary approach, invites us to rethink the artwork as a space of expanded perception, where the boundaries between disciplines become porous. MacDonald, for his part, shares his vision of musical composition as an architecture of time, where rhythm, tension, and harmony engage in dialogue with the very principles of visual creation.
The discussion reveals how a work can be simultaneously “seen” and “heard,” how music can inspire an interpretation of images, and how the visual arts can, in turn, structure musical thought. Together, they explore the notion of artistic language, not as a closed system, but as an open field of interpretation, resonance, and emotion.
This encounter thus offers a sensitive and intellectual reflection on contemporary creation, inviting the viewer to go beyond traditional categories to enter into a global aesthetic experience.