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Jan FABRE

Introduction

Few artists have been so groundbreaking and innovative, both in the field of contemporary theater and in the field of the visual arts, as Belgian artist, writer and theater director Jan Fabre.
Jan Fabre acquired international fame in the field of the visual arts in the '80s with his blue Bic drawings, now collected under the title ‘Het Uur Blauw’ (The Hour Blue), and the related extension of the concept of drawing into total spatial installations. The second phase of Jan Fabre's oeuvre is characterized by the use of insects as raw material for sculptures. In the most recent decade, the artist focuses on the theme of the human brain through drawings, sculptures and installations. Aside from these important series of visual art works, the artist has created numerous drawings, conceptual models, sculptures, installations, films etc.
Jan Fabre has participated in important group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (1984, 1990, 2003, 2009 and 2011), Documenta Kassel (1982 and 1992), and the Biennials of São Paulo, Lyon, Valencia and Istanbul. He further had large individual exhibitions in leading museums and institutions worldwide, such as the M HKA, Antwerp (‘Stigmata. Actions & Performances 1976-2013’, 2015), the Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine (‘Tribute to Hiëronymus Bosch (2011-2013) & Tribute to Belgian Congo (2010-2013)’, 2014), the Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea (‘The Years of the Hour Blue / Drawings & Sculptures 1977-1992’, 2013-2014), the MAXXI, Rome (‘Stigmata. Actions & Performances 1976-2013’, 2013-2014), the Musée d'Art Moderne Saint-Etienne, France (‘Les Années de l'Heure Bleu – Dessins et Sculptures 1977-1992’, 2012), the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, Austria (‘Die Jahre der blauen Stunde’, 2011), the Kröller-Müller Museum Otterlo, The Netherlands (‘Hortus/Corpus’, 2011), the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (‘From the Cellar to the Attic / From the Feet to the Brain’, 2008) and the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (‘L'Ange de la Métamorphose’, 2008).
In May 2016 the city of Florence, Italy presents on different locations the exhibition ‘Jan Fabre – Spiritual Guards’. In June 2016 at the occasion of the international Bosch year the Noordbrabants Museum of ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands presents the solo show ‘Jan Fabre – A tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo’ and from October 21, 2016 until April, 9, 2017, the State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg, Russia presents the comprehensive exhibition ‘Jan Fabre. Knight of Despair / Warrior of Beauty’.
Deweer Gallery closely followed, presented and documented the different developments in Jan Fabre’s visual arts since 1985.
From November 2015 until January 2016 the gallery presented the grandiose exhibition ‘Jan Fabre – 30 Years / 7 Rooms’ to celebrate 30 years of cooperation with the artist. The exhibition, that had 7 thematic rooms, was installed in all the gallery’s exhibition rooms and offered a wide survey, from the first historical objects, drawings, sculptures and installations until the very latest works.
From June 1 until July 3, 2016, Deweer Gallery presents its 10th solo show with Jan Fabre. As an avant-première the exhibition ‘Jan Fabre – Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas’ shows the new mosaics (green jewel beetles’ wings on panel) Fabre has made for his upcoming comprehensive exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, Russia.