A major exhibition of the work of Evelyne Axell is to open the artistic season at the new renovated and extended Delta (previously the Maison de la Culture de Namur – Cultural and Art centre of Namur).
From 21 September 2019 to 26 January 2020.
This large-scale event includes paintings, collages, sketches, preparatory drawings, and documents bearing witness to the artist’s working methods and providing opportunities to explore her specific methods, including her use of numerous photographic self-portraits.
At the peak of her time, Evelyne Axell succeeded in mastering the new materials that became available (Plexiglas, fur, etc.) to break out of the confines of canvas and experiment, for example, with Opaline Plexiglas transparencies. Her work reveals her own view of a world gathering pace, where eroticism goes hand in hand with a feminist discourse.
The exceptional discovery of 17 of her first works, never exhibited before, provides an opportunity to explore the early stages of her plastic work. These are mainly collages dating from 1964 – which show in particular the influence of English Pop artists (Pauline Boty and Peter Phillips particularly). On this occasion a catalogue in French and English is published by Skira Publishers (with texts by Flavia Frigeri, Sue Tate, Angela Stief, Claas Hulshoff…).
Le Delta
Avenue Fernand Golenvaux, 18
5000 Namur
Belgium
Tél. : + 32 (0)81 77 67 73
info@ledelta.be
www.ledelta.be
