Jan Fabre

Jan Fabre

The Problem of Sisyphus - Jan Fabre
King Leopold II in the Air (from series: Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo”)” - Jan Fabre
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Angel wing with cross - Jan Fabre
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The naked metamorphosis (Achilles and the Tortoise) - Jan Fabre
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Atlas on the roof of the world - Jan Fabre
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Cross with snake - Jan Fabre
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de stupiditeit draagt de dood (klein) / the stupidity carries the death (small) - Jan Fabre
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Hommage aan Jean – Henri Fabre - Jan Fabre
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Pagode voor Naples (Hommage aan de prins-alchemist) - Jan Fabre
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Swords, Crosses and Daggers IV - Jan Fabre
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Swords, Crosses and Daggers VII - Jan Fabre
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The Artists Arrows I - Jan Fabre
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The Artists Arrows II - Jan Fabre
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The Artists Arrows III - Jan Fabre
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The Brain of the White Widow - Jan Fabre
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The Sensuality of Thought - Jan Fabre
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Thinking Slowly whilst Moving torwards the Light - Jan Fabre
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The Speed of the Petrified Brain - Jan Fabre
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Tivoli - Jan Fabre
  • Tivoli
  • 1990-2007
  • Classic BIC on Cibachrome wooden frame
  • 140 x 100 cm
  • datiert Signatur verso
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Vuil Water (2) - Jan Fabre
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Vuil Water (I) - Jan Fabre
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Punishment of Lust (from Series: Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo) - Jan Fabre
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Bruges 3004 (Angel with bones) - Jan Fabre
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A Battle in the Hour Blue - Jan Fabre
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Description

Jan Fabre (Antwerp, 1958) is one of the most important artists and dramatists of his generation. Fabre’s work, which is intended to break down barriers between different categories of art. The star of this subtle draftsman and unique creator of shocking and at the same time enigmatic sculptures and installations rose at the Venice Biennale of 1984 when Jan Hoet chose the 26-year-old to represent Belgium. Subsequently, the work of this obsessive artist, leaving no spectator indifferent, has provoked and fascinated at the Biennale shows of Sao Paulo, Lyon, Valencia and Istanbul, at the Documenta IX in Kassel and several, today legendary exhibitions, from “Metropolis” in Berlin to “Outlook in Athens, 2004.

Ever since the 80ies, Fabre has explored the body, has made the dualism of the physical and at the same time spiritual body the center of his examinations. “I am interested in creating the history of the spiritual body. The body as a shell, empty, yet full of memory”, says Fabre. In all of his works, one motif recurs: the vulnerability of man and the attempt to make him stronger and less exposed. The armour which in the film protects Lancelot physically but tortures him spiritually signifies in the 18-piece installation “Battlefield” a memento of human aggression and bloodshed which has existed uninterrupted through all time.

Biography

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

  • Jan Fabre, Galerie Artist, Berlin


2004

  • SANGUIS/MANTIS, MAM Maurio Mauroner contemporary art Vienna (Exh.Cat)
  • Jan Fabre. Umbraculum. Dortmund, DASA – Galerie der Deutschen Arbeitsschutz Ausstellung (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Drawing – Photography – Drawing 1978-2004. Luxembourg, Galerie Beaumont Public (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Réjouissez-vous de venir au secours de la vie). Lyon, Musée d’Art Contemporain (Exh. Cat.)
  • Galerie Academia & Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Messengers of the death (Retrospecitve 1972-2004) Salzburg
  • VIRGIN / WARRIOR, Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Installation view of the performance by Marina Abramovic & Jan Fabre


2003

  • Jan Fabre. Umbraculum. Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Sanguis/Mantis. Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon
  • Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Rallegratevi di soccorrere la vita). Bergamo, GAMEC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Alegrate de socorrer la vida). Barcelona, Fundacio Joan Miro (Exh. Cat.)
  • L’homme qui donne du feu. Un choix dans l’oeuvre sculpturale de Jan Fabre 1977- Alex, Fondation Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon (Books)
  • Jan Fabre. A la recherche d’Utopia. Sculptures/installations 1977-2003. Nice, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain (Books)


2002

  • Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Verheug u ter hulp te komen aan het leven). Gent, SMAK – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. The great confinement. Salzburg, Galerie Academia & Galerie Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art (Exh. Cat.)


2001

  • Jan Fabre. Swords, skulls and crosses. Madrid, Espacio Minimo (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Umbraculum. Een plaats in de schaduw waar gedacht en gewerkt wordt, ver van het gang bare leven. Otegem, Deweer Art Gallery (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Tekeningen Ilad of the Bic-Art 1980. Zürich, Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann
  • Jan Fabre. Angel and Warrior. Strategy and Tactics. Marugame, MIMOCA Museum of Contemporary Art (Books)
  • Jan Fabre. Memento Mori. Luxembourg, Galerie Beaumont-Public
  • Jan Fabre. Umbraculum. Un lieu ombragé hors du monde pour penser et travailler. Avignon, Chapelle Saint-Charles (Books) (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Neue Arbeiten. München, Galerie Bernd Klüser
  • Jan Fabre. Progetto Roma 2001 Umbraculum . Un posto ombreggiato dove pensare e lavorare lontano dalla vita quotidiana. Roma, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
  • L’uomo che misura le nuvole – l’uomo dalle gambe di carne. Roma, Academia Belgica (Exh. Cat.)


2000

  • Jan Fabre. Storage Room of a Warrior. Athens, Alpha Delta Gallery
  • Jan Fabre. A Consilience. London, Natural History Museum
  • Jan Fabre & Ilja Kabakov. Sustret. Een ontmoeting/Bctpe4a. Zagreb, Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti
  • Jan Fabre. Annonce au monde extérieur. Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon


1999

  • Jan Fabre. Warszawa, Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Jan Fabre. Battlefields & Beekeepers. Otegem, Deweer Art Gallery (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Body Liquids & ….Sleep, sleep and sleep little animals….. Hannover, Sprengel Museum
  • Jan Fabre. Passage. Cantieri culturali allo Zisa, Palermo (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Engel und Krieger. Strategien und Taktiken. Kiel, Kunsthalle (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Me Dreaming. Oiron, Château d’Oiron (Books)


1998

  • ‘Een ontmoeting/Vstrecha’. Ilya Kabakov & Jan Fabre. Otegem, Deweer Art Gallery (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Passage. Milwaukee, Haggerty Museum of Art
  • A cidade e as estralas. Parte 3. Jan Fabre. Atlas of battles, strategies and tactics. Lisboa, Galeria Luis Serpa
  • Jan Fabre. Tokyo, Satani Gallery
  • Jan Fabre. Annonce au monde extérieur. Luxembourg, Galerie Beaumont


1997

  • Jan Fabre. Passage/Prolaz. Zagreb, Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti
  • Jan Fabre. The Joker. Brescia, Galleria Massimo Minini (Books)
  • Jan Fabre. The Lime Twig Man. Bristol, Arnolfini
  • Jan Fabre. Passage. Antwerpen, MUHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Inneres/äusseres Skelett. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen. München, Galerie Bernd Klüser
  • Jan Fabre, Rob Scholte, Edward Lipski. New works. (3 solo’s) Antwerpen, Ronny Van De Velde


1996

  • Jan Fabre. Skeleton + Skin. Tokyo, Satani Gallery
  • Jan Fabre. Passage. Boedapest, Ludwig Muzeum


1995

  • Jan Fabre. Dÿe den nest weet Dÿe weeten. Dÿen roft dÿ heeten. Vier nieuwe sculpturen. Middelburg, De Vleeshal (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. De Lijmstokman. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
  • Jan Fabre. Der Leimrutenmann. Stuttgart, Städtische Galerie (Exh. Cat.)


1994

  • Jan Fabre. The grave of the unknown computer. Luxembourg, Galerie Beaumont (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Questa pazzia è fantastica. Prato, Museo Pecci (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Mauer der aufsteigenden Engel. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen. München, Galerie Bernd Klüser
  • Jan Fabre. Silenzio nella tempesta…. Brescia, Galleria Massimo Minini


1993

  • Jan Fabre. Tekeningen, sculpturen, tekeningen. Antwerpen, Ronny van de Velde (Books)


1992

  • Jan Fabre. Zeichnungen – Objekte – Zeichnungen. Hannover, Kunstverein (Books) (Exh. Cat.)


1991

  • Jan Fabre. Zwei Objekten. Frankfurt-am-Main, Schirn Kunsthalle


1990

  • Jan Fabre. Tivoli. Antwerpen, Ronny Van de Velde Mechelen, Kasteel Tivoli
  • Jan Fabre. Das Geräusch. Basel, Kunsthalle (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. Som. Lissabon, Centro de Arte Moderna Antichambres/Affinités
  • Sélectives VI. Jan Fabre/Christian Boltanski. Brussel – Bruxelles, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Palais des Beaux-Arts (Books)


1989

  • Jan Fabre. Insecten en Ruimte. Amsterdam, Museum Overholland
  • Jan Fabre. Een skulptuur/vijf tekeningen. Otegem, Deweer Art Gallery (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. New York, Jack Tilton Gallery (Exh. Cat.)


1988

  • Jan Fabre. Der Blaue Raum. Berlin, Künstlerhaus Bethanien
  • Jan Fabre. Hé wat een plezierige zottigheid!. Antwerpen, Ronny Van de Velde (Exh. Cat.)


1985

  • Jan Fabre. Tekeningen. Gent, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (Exh. Cat.)
  • Jan Fabre. The Forgery of the Secret Feast. New York, New Math Gallery (Exh. Cat.)


1984

  • Jan Fabre. Vrienden…. Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum (Exh. Cat.)
  • 41° Biennale di Venezia. Jan Fabre in Belgisch Paviljoen. Venezia, Giardini di Biennnale, Belgisch Paviljoen (Exh. Cat.)


1981

  • Jan Fabre. Bic-Art Room. Leiden, Salon Odessa


1980

  • Jan Fabre. Mond-Oog-Oor Arts. Antwerpen, Galerij Workshop


1979

  • Jan Fabre. Wetskamer. Antwerpen, Galerij Workshop
  • Jan Fabre. Bic-Dweilen en Wetspotten. Antwerpen, Jordaenshuis


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2005

  • THE GIVING PERSON (IL DONO DELL’ARTISTA), Palazzo delle arte Napoli (PAN), Palazzo Roccella, Napels, Curator: Lorand Hegyi
  • VISIONARY BELGIUM, Curator: Harald Szeemann, Bozar, Brussels
  • GALLERIA IN GALLERIA, Underground of Milano (Metropolitana Milanese) / Stazione Porta Venezia, Curator: Giacinto di Pietrantonio
  • ME-TISSAGES / BIENNALE ROND KUNST EN TEXTIEL MIAT, Museum voor Industriële Archeologie en Textiel, Gent (B) BUG-EYED. ART, CULTURE, INSECTS, Turtle Bay Exploration Park / Turtle Bay Museum Redding, California


2004

  • I GRANDI MAGAZZINI DELL’ARTE. Curated by Omar Calabrese Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, Comune di Siena / Palazzo delle Papesse & Palazzo Pubblico
  • VIES IMAGINAIRES, Lisboa/ CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION – CENTRO DE ARTE MODERNA, curated by Jorge Molder, with : Jan Fabre, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Patrick Corillon, Suzanne Themlitz
  • Normal Life. Milano, Artandgallery: Robe/Rêve: Rêves de Robe. Calais, Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle Bug-Eyed. Art, Culture, Insects. Redding, Turtle Bay Museum & Exploration Park
  • Highlights from the Collection 1950-2000,Stedeljik Museum Amsterdam at Usce, Muzej Savremnene Umetnosti/ Usce Save bb, Novi Beograd


2003

  • Beaufort. Triënnale voor hedendaagse kunst aan zee. Diverse locaties aan de Belgische kust (Exh. Cat.)
  • Outlook. Athens, Diverse locaties (Exh. Cat.)


2001

  • Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus. Arnhem, Diverse locaties (Exh. Cat.) (Net)
  • Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière…. Luxembourg, Les vallées de la Pétrusse et de l’Alzette / Fort Thüngen (Exh. Cat.)
  • 1st Biennial of Valencia. The Body and Sin.Valencia, Convento del Carmen Collections d’artistes. Avignon, Collection Lambert
  • 7th International Istanbul Biennial. Egofugal/Egokaç. Istanbul, Diverse locaties (Exh. Cat.)


2000

  • 5eme Biennale d’Art contemporain de Lyon. Partage d’exotismes.Lyon, Halle Tony Garnier (Exh. Cat.)
  • La Beauté: Nature à l’oeuvre. Avignon, Clos de Trams & Espace Jeanne-Laurent & Palais des Papes (Exh. Cat.)
  • 7 hügel – Bilder und Zeichen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau (Exh.Cat.)
  • Lost Paradise Lost. Kunst und sakraler Raum.World Expo 2000 – Hannover, Diverse kerken (Exh. Cat.)


1998

  • Skin. Jeruzalem, The Israel Museum


1997

  • La pittura fiamminga e olandese. Venezia, Palazzo Grassi (Exh. Cat.)
  • Art/Fashion. (Biennale di Firenze ’96) New York, Guggenheim Museum SoHo (Exh. Cat.)


1995

  • Watou ‘95. Dichters rond de beeldende kunstenaar Jan Fabre, 3 x 7 Kamers, 3 x 7 Gedichten. Watou, Diverse locaties (Exh. Cat.)
  • Ripple Across the Water ‘95. Tokyo, Watari-Um/Tadashi Kawamata Museum (Exh. Cat.)


1993

  • Azur. Jouy-en-Josas, Fondation Cartier (Exh. Cat.)


1992

  • Mito Annual ‘93. Another World. Tokyo, ART TOWER MITO Contemporary Art Gallery (Exh. Cat.)
  • Documenta IX. Kassel, Museum Fridericianum (Exh. Cat.)
  • TRANSFORM. BildObjektSkulptur im 20. Jahrhundert. Basel, Kunstmuseum & Kunsthalle (Exh. Cat.)
  • Der gefrorene Leopard. München, Galerie Bernd Klüser (Exh. Cat.)


1991

  • Wanderlieder. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum (Exh. Cat.)
  • Metropolis. International Art Exhibition Berlin 1991. Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau (Exh. Cat.)
  • Irony by Vision. Tokyo, Watari-Um Gallery, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (Exh. Cat.)
  • 21a Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Diverse locaties (Exh. Cat.)


1990

  • Artisti (della Fiandra). Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Sagredo (Exh. Cat.)
  • Third International Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, The Greater Istanbul Municipality Nejat F. Eczacibasi Art Museum (Exh. Cat.)


1989

  • Open mind (Gesloten circuits). Gent, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (Exh. Cat.)


1988

  • Signaturen. Rond honderd tekeningen van Beuys en Wols. Gent, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (Exh. Cat.)


1987

  • Uit het oude Europa/From the Europe of Old. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum (Exh. Cat.)


1985

  • Aanwinsten. Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen
  • Dialogo. Exhibition-Dialogue on Contemporary Art in Europe. Exposiçao-Dialogo sobre a Arte Contemporanea na Europa. Lisboa, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian (Exh. Cat.)


1979

  • Arte Fiamminga Contemporanea. Firenze, Palazzo Rucellia


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IRON in BLOOD - Christian Eisenberger, Enrique Asensi, Jan Fabre, Jaume Plensa
FEUER – WASSER – ERDE – LUFT - Anselm Reyle, Herbert Brandl, Jan Fabre, Jorinde Voigt, Rebecca Horn, Ulrike Köppinger
o r I G A M I M A G I n e - Alfred Haberpointner, Anselm Reyle, Antonio Baltazar Torres, Carmen Calvo, Ferro, Guillem Nadal, Herbert Brandl, Iv Toshain, Jan Fabre, Jan Voss, Paloma Navares
INSPIRE ME - Anselm Reyle, Bertrand Lavier, Carlos Aires, Christian Boltanski, Enrique Asensi, Ferro, Herbert Brandl, Jan Fabre, Jaume Plensa, Joan Hernández Pijuan, Juan Uslé, Kendell Geers, Rashid Al Khalifa, Rebecca Horn, Tatsuo Miyajima, Vadim Zakharov
Curated By 21 - Aidan Salakhova, Anouk Lamm Anouk, Carmen Calvo, Heather Bennett, Iv Toshain, Ivan Moudov, Jan Fabre, Kalin Serapionov, Kendell Geers, Krassimir Terziev, Sverre Bjertnaes, Tato Akhalkatsishvili, Tim Parchiov, Trine Lise Nedreaas
Garden of Senses - Alfred Haberpointner, Anastasiya Yarovenko, Anouk Lamm Anouk, Anselma Murswiek, Antonio Baltazar Torres, Barthélémy Toguo, Bernar Venet, Bernardi Roig, Bruno Peinado, Carmen Calvo, Catalina Swinburn, Christina Zurfluh, Ferro, Ford Beckman, Francis Ruyter, Hans Staudacher, Iv Toshain, Jan Fabre, Jan Voss, Jaume Plensa, Kendell Geers, Lionel Favre, Markus Hofer, Odonchimeg Davaadorj, Rashid Al Khalifa, Sandra Vásquez De La Horra, Sandrine Pelletier
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