{"id":2292,"date":"2026-08-28T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regisgoncalves.com\/exhibitions\/holding-out-for-a-hero-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:05:24","slug":"holding-out-for-a-hero-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regisgoncalves.com\/en\/exhibitions\/holding-out-for-a-hero-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding Out for a Hero (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"page-heading\" class=\"section no\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column col-md-12 have-padding\">[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Exhibition&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Holding Out for a Hero (2026)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<\/div><\/div><\/section><section  id=\"page-body\" class=\"section no\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column col-md-8 have-padding\">[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Who will come to rescue us when the life we are living no longer fits?&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1787925282822{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"item-padd-mob section-text text-block \" ><div class=\"simple-text md\"><p>In <em>Holding Out for a Hero<\/em>, R\u00e9gis Gon\u00e7alves explores the figure of the hero through personal queer stories. This hero does not necessarily appear as the prince on horseback from our fantasies. Sometimes, he is simply someone who enters our lives at just the right moment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-padd-mob section-text text-block \" ><div class=\"simple-text md\"><p>Kees tells the story of the man he fell deeply in love with during a skiing holiday in 1979. At the time, he was married to a woman and had two children. In his memory, Rik becomes the superhero who slays the dragon outside his castle and helps him come out.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-padd-mob section-text text-block \" ><div class=\"simple-text md\"><p>Jan remembers a personal advert from 1984. A man from Schagen was looking for a travel companion for a trip to the South of France. Jan replied and went with him. \u201cThe world opened up for him.\u201d Wim became the man who changed his life: SuperWim.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-padd-mob section-text text-block \" ><div class=\"simple-text md\"><p>R\u00e9gis brings these personal histories together with the recognisable visual language of the superhero. This creates a play between fantasy and reality, between waiting to be rescued and daring to step into a different life ourselves. Who, ultimately, is the hero in such a story? The one who slays the dragon? The one who sees us? Or the one who decides to show who he really is?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-padd-mob section-text text-block \" ><div class=\"simple-text md\"><p><em>Holding Out for a Hero<\/em> will be shown at Kunsthuis Waterland during Pride Purmerend 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column col-md-4 have-padding\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;2291&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/div><\/div><\/section><section  class=\"section no\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column col-md-12 have-padding\">[vc_btn title=&#8221;Back to overview&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-solid fa-arrow-left&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fregisgoncalves.com%2Fen%2Fexhibitions%2F|title:Back%20to%20exhibitions|&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;go-back&#8221;]<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_custom_heading text=\"Exhibition\" font_container=\"tag:h4|text_align:left\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\"][vc_custom_heading text=\"Holding Out for a Hero (2026)\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\"][vc_custom_heading text=\"Who will come to rescue us when the life we are living no longer fits?\" font_container=\"tag:h4|text_align:left\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\" css=\".vc_custom_1787925282822{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]In Holding Out for a Hero, R\u00e9gis Gon\u00e7alves explores the figure of the hero through personal queer stories. 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