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13.06 - 06.07.2025
Sophie Vanhomwegen will showcase a collection of older and more recent works that explore the ambiguous spaces between celebration and solitude, connection and withdrawal.
“When the Party’s Over" is a deliberate invocation of Billie Eilish’s song—not just for its melancholic resonance but for its sharp articulation of emotional ambivalence. The song’s origin story—born from Finneas O’Connell’s abrupt departure from a date’s house—captures a distinctly modern tension: the simultaneous relief of withdrawal and the latent sorrow for what might have been. This duality lies at the heart of Sophie’s artistic practice.
Her mixed-media pieces dissect contemporary existence’s contradictions—the exhaustion beneath performative joy, the isolation within hyperconnectivity, the strange liberation in collapse. Sophie expands the metaphor : the “party” is not just a gathering but a stand-in for love and life itself—those fleeting accumulations of experience, euphoric or bruising, that we carry until they dissolve, only to begin again.
After four years of hosting artists in her space, Sophie now steps forward with her own work—presenting a solo show for the first time. This exhibition traces a quiet evolution, shaped by encounters and collaborations along the way. While the pieces build on familiar themes, each one offers a slightly new way of looking.
Vernissage
Thursday 12.06.2025
18:00 - 22:00
Exhibition
13.06 - 06.07.2025
Visits by appointment:
Info@espacevanhomwegen.be
