Fabien Verschaere
dal 16/12/2008 al 27/2/2009
Segnalato da
16/12/2008
Fabien Verschaere
MNAC - The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
Xmas party. A site-specific installation full of creatures very different from the usual Christmas characters. The french artist reveals a deeply subjective and emotional imagery creating hybrid icons. His style is a powerful mix of references to mural graffiti, cartoons, illustrated manuscripts from flamboyant moyen age, club culture, video games and glam industry. Curated by Ruxandra Balaci.
curator: Ruxandra Balaci
asistents curator: Eleonora Farina, Carmen Iovitu
For more then two month MNAC presents the site-specific installation of the french artist Fabien Verschaere.
Fabien Verschaere is revealing a deeply subjective and emotional imagery creating hybrid icons, His style is a powerful mix of references to mural graffiti, cartoons, illustrated manuscripts from flamboyant moyen age, club culture, video games and glam industry.
The Christmas tale, that Verschaere shows at the MNAC, is transformed into a “XMAS PARTY” full of creatures very different from the usual Christmas characters (like Santa Clauses, elves, reindeers and spirits). Attracted by the artist’s cartoon style - black and white, an improvised, fluent and pleasant line -, the visitor looks for recognizable figures of his own life, his own fantasy. Nevertheless it is very quickly evident, that the Verschaere’s world is made up of demons, devils, skeletons, other death-figures…
Fabien Verschaere lives and works in Paris. During the last years he had personal/ group exhibitions in Palais de Tokyo Paris, Contemporary Art Museum Lyon, Michel Rein Gallery, Parker’s Box Gallery, New York, Castelo di Rivoli, Torino, CCC Tours. Verschaere took part in the de la Praga, Tirana and Lyon Bienials and collaborated with Hugo Boss and Hermes.
Partener: BRD
Sponsori: Murfatlar, Anthon Berg
Parteneri media: igloo, feeder, rfi, arhitectura, 24fun, republik
Until March 1, 2009
A FOREST OF SCULPTURES. THE SIMON SPIERER COLLECTION
Artists: Constantin BRANCUSI, Julio GONZALES , Hans ARP , Max ERNST , Andre MASSON , Mauro REGGIANI , Henry MOORE , Lucio FONTANA , Alberto GIACOMETTI , Fausto MELOTTI , Germaine RICHIER , Barbara HEPWORTH , Isamu NOGUCHI , Max BILL, Balthasar LOBO , Louise BOURGEOIS , Alicia PENALBA , Kenneth ARMITAGE , CESAR , Joannis AVRAMIDIS , Richard STANKIEWICZ , William TURNBULL , Marta PAN , Anthony CARO , Vassilakis TAKIS , Herbert PETERS , Arnaldo POMODORO , Augustin CARDENAS , Michael CROISSANT , Daniel SPOERRI , Gunther UECKER , Bruno ROMEDA , Valeriano TRUBBIANI , Graham WILLIAMS , Vera ROHM , Jean-Louis PERROT , Laurent DE PURY , Sebastien KITO , Harald FERNAGU , Andy WARHOL.
Opening Wednesday, 17 December, 7 pm
MNAC
Palace of Parliament / 2-4 Izvor St., Wing E4, Bucharest (RO), 050563 Entrance from Calea 13 Septembrie
Wednesday to Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm