After 8 years, “L’entretien” leaves the reserves of the RMFAB.
From 02.10.2020 to 24.01.2021.
The exhibition .BE MODERN focuses on the RMFAB’s collection of modern and contemporary art, gathering renowned Belgian and international artists. A selection of 150 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, installations and moving images depicts the modern history of visual arts.
Among these works, the painting “L’entretien” (1966) figures prominently. This work was acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium during the “Axell” exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1967. This painting had not been accessible to the public since its exhibition at the Royal Palace in Brussels in 2012.
The choice is as varied and rich as the collection itself and offers a chronological overview. Freedom and experimentation are the common thread running through the exhibition presenting three main themes. The first one is the emancipation of line and colour and the evolution towards a radically abstract visual language. The second theme concerns the use of materials, the change in the relationship to the object and the perspective of conceptual art. And the last one deals with the changing relationship between man and the world in the twentieth century and its existential questions. This exhibition is visually dynamic. It sheds new light on the museum collections and invites visitors to rediscover the great names of international modernism and its Belgian representatives.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Rue de la Régence / Regentschapsstraat 3
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 (0)2 508 32 11
https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/fr/expositions/be-modern
