Jan Lauwers
dal 1/3/2007 al 5/5/2007
Segnalato da
1/3/2007
Jan Lauwers
Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts, Bruxelles
Restlessness. The visual artist, man of the theatre, and film-maker Jan Lauwers is known, above all, for his theatrical work with Needcompany. The exhibition, which focuses on his work in the visual arts from 1996 to today, has been put together in collaboration with the curator Jerome Sans.
Restlessness
Curated by Jerome Sans
The visual artist, man of the theatre, and film-maker Jan Lauwers is known, above
all, for his theatrical work with Needcompany. This spring he is exhibiting his work
in the visual arts at the Centre for Fine Arts (Brussels) for two months in a solo
exhibition entitled Restlessness. The exhibition, which focuses on his work in the
visual arts from 1996 to today, has been put together in collaboration with the
curator Jerome Sans.
Jan Lauwers (b. 1957) lives and works in Brussels. He studied painting at the
Academy in Ghent but over the last twenty years has made his name primarily as an
international theatre-maker. The productions by his group, Needcompany, are striking
for their expressiveness and the meticulous combination of words, language(s),
music, dance, and movement as structuring elements. Jan Lauwers is also a visual
artist. His work in the visual arts has only been exhibited sporadically to date, as
he has always tried to preserve the intimacy of his studio as far as possible.
In 1997 he took part in Documenta X in Kassel with his performance of Caligula (No
beauty for me there, where human life is rare, part one). At Grimbergen 2002 (a
group exhibition together with Atelier Van Lieshout, Thomas Schutte, Ann
Veronica Janssens, and others) he showed the monumental work Verre van der menscen
dinghen en vant ic neghene scoenhede. At Grasduinen 02/SMAK in
2004 he showed a video installation on violence called C-Song 01. In 2006 he is
presenting the video installation Untitled Construction in the DARK
exhibition at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, a group exhibition
that also includes Juergen Teller, Luc Tuymans, Dirk Braeckman, and others. Part of
this installation is the 1997 video piece Duchamp's Moustache.
Jerome Sans (b. 1960) lives and works in Paris. As adjunct curator at
the Institute of Visual Arts in Milwaukee, he organised numerous monographic
exhibitions there before moving on to a similar post at the Stockholm Konsthall's
Magasin 3. As well as an exhibition curator – Taipei Biennale, Taiwan, 2000;
Live, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2004 – he is also a critic, author of a
volume of interviews with Daniel Buren, and a contributor to a wide range of art
publications. He is currently Director of Programme at the BALTIC Centre
for Contemporary Art (UK).
This exhibition will be accompanied by a lavishly illustrated book on Lauwers's art
work, focusing on the period from 1996 to 2006. It is published by Mercatorfonds,
BOZAR, Actes Sud, and Needcompany. French and English editions will be available in
bookshops, at the exhibition, and at all NC performances. It will appear on the
French market in September.
Opening: 2 march 2007
Bozart - Centre of Fine Arts
Rue Royale, 10 - Brussels
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 - 18; Thursday 10- 21
Admission free