In Brussels opens BRAFA 2010
ARTinvestment.RU   21 января 2010

From 22 to 31 January in Brussels will be held 55 th Fair of Antiques and Fine Arts BRAFA 2010. It will bring together about 120 Belgian and foreign galleries

From 22 to 31 January 2010 in Brussels, will be held 55 th Fair of Antiques and Fine Arts BRAFA 2010. It is located in the Exhibition Center Tour & Taxis, which will bring together representatives of about 120 Belgian and foreign galleries, recognized experts in their field. Russia to BRAFA 2010, as last year, will represent Ravenscourt Galleries. Ancient statues, noble Greek torsos, impassive Buddha head will look at contemporary portraits, paintings and statuettes of actual animals in the scenery, harmoniously combining the classical furniture and design, exquisite jewelry, works of art from Europe, Asia, Africa and remote Oceania. Visitors can also admire masterpieces from the collection of the city museum of Liege, including the work Marc Chagall , Picasso, Gauguin and many others. At ten days, Brussels will become not only the capital of Europe, but also the capital of the arts ...

maintaining tradition while remaining open around the world and listening to the trends on the art market, BRAFA 2010 will again offer its visitors a wide choice of artistic works of all eras, styles and continents, with relentless attention to the quality of the proposed works of art. About 120 participants of the fair in Brussels readily accepted such high demands, hoping to surprise, engage and persuade the audience, whether seasoned collectors and connoisseurs of art.

list is the result of well balanced selection between the unquestionable value, historical exhibitors, rising stars and hope for tomorrow. Many foreign galleries again gladly accepted the invitation of the Organizing Committee. This shows that even in the still tense economic context of a meeting in Brussels, the heart of Europe and its great capital, continues to attract its potential audience, the wonderful organization and relaxed atmosphere.

The regulars would be glad fair return to the section "The Old Masters» Georges De Jonckheere (Paris), Jacques Leegenhoek (Paris), presented here, along with galleries and Pintelon (Aalst), Klaas Muller (Brussels), Florence de Voldère (Paris), Alexis Bordes (Paris ), Jean-Marie Le Fell (Paris) and Dr Riedl (Munich), as well as the first time participating gallery Mendès (Paris).

By passing year, Ronny Van de Velde (Berchem) reappeared at the fair, and among the exhibits will present bed Theo Van Reysselberga "At the Circus" (1887). The company will make the product of a lithograph by Pablo Picasso's "Nude and profiles" in the gallery Patrice Trigano (Paris) and the oil painting of James Ensor Still Life with a lantern "(circa 1910) from Galerie Seghers (Oostende), half-length portrait of women in profile" Paul Delvaux ( 1973) or project the screen by Pierre Bonnard (circa 1893) at Galerie Bérès (Paris). Belgian artists will be represented in the gallery Berko Fine Paintings (Knokke-Heist), in particular, "Kind of Venice" Francois Bossuet, or "red jacket" Frans Smeersa in Boon Gallery (Brussels) "May the dawn of Sint Baafs-wave (c. 1923) Modest Hyuisa. Gallery Pascal Lansberg (Paris) will present the canvas Pierre Soulage called "February 28, 1955. New members from Barcelona Manuel Barbié and Manel Mayoral represent respectively landscape Fernand Léger in 1929, and an illustration of Salvador Dali in 1973 for the next edition of Pantagruel. Also pay attention to gouache Raoul Dufy from Ravenscourt Galleries (Moscow-London) and a selection of French artists in the gallery Kálmán Makláry Fine Arts (Budapest).

One of the strengths of BRAFA is a primitive art . This direction is very important for the fair, and we hope to develop it in the future. Starting from this year's fair will bring together the unique composition of the leading specialists in this field. Also, we are happy for the first time to host the Galerie Jacques Germain (Montreal), specializing in the art of the Black Continent, which will represent the tribe cat figurines and masks Bamana and Senufo peoples-tusyan. We also welcome the return of galleries Patrick Mestdagh (Brussels) and Bernard Dulon (Paris), as well as Patric Didier Claes (Brussels), Pierre Dartevelle (Brussels), who will introduce the chair nation of the Chokwe of Angola of the XIX century, or Serge Schoffel (Brussels), in Gallery where you can admire the objects of the XIX century from New Caledonia.

Another important pole of attraction - archeology - represented by several most renowned world experts: Phoenix Ancient Art (Geneva - New York), gallery Mermoz (Paris), on the stand which will show various items of pre-Columbian America, including the figure of "Sitting shaman with bowls in hand" (Mexico, 100 BC. e. - 250 AD. e.), and the gallery Cybèle (Paris).

XX century Decorative Arts Gallery presents Jean-Jacques Dutko (Paris), which this year will bring "Hunting" - three lacquered doors of Pierre Dunant Brazil's Palace (1950 ), as well as the new association Rapin-Müllendorff (Brussels) and Marc Heiremans (Brussels, Italian glass XX century). This year their support Cento Anni (Brussels) and Tiny Esveld (Rizhkevorsel), specializing in Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The colleague, Jérôme Sohier (Brussels) will provide furniture designers and architects of the last century.

Galleries Axel Vervoordt (Saint Gravenvezel), Delvaille (Paris), Flore (Brussels), J. Zeberg ( Antwerp), Philippe Dufrasne (Brussels), Couvent des Ursulines (Liege - furniture of the XIX century, the time of King Charles X and Restoration), Berger (Bon) and Chanel (Paris - XVIII century furniture) represent a large and diverse selection of furniture. For example, the gallery Delvaille offer you a magnificent carved wooden console era of Louis XV; Jean-Pierre Gros (Paris) - Two drawer walnut era of Louis XIV; and De Pauw Müller (Gent) - ebony cabinet from Augsburg in 1650.

connoisseurs of textiles, carpets and tapestries certainly be interested in the stands galleries Vrouyr (Antwerp), De Wit Fine Tapestries (Malin), with its "Curtain depicting the Virgin and St. Vincent" (Bruges (?), approx. 1515 ), Chevalier (Paris) with his "Scenes in the port" - the Brussels tapestry in the style of David Teniers the Younger (the second quarter of XVIII century) and Zada (Brussels), too, the Brussels tapestry XVIII century under the title "Return of the East».

lovers of jewelry and objects of arts and crafts are sure to impress magnificent aspersorium made of large oval silver plate (Naples, mid-XVII century), or a great pair of chandelier chasing Paris (1819/1838) made Jean-Charles Kaye and originating from the service of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, the brother of Emperor Alexander I and Nicholas I, in the gallery Bernard De Leye. Do not bypass them attention and a miniature plate of ivory from southern Germany XVII Century Gallery Honourable Silver Objects (Antwerp) and a pair of candelabra, adorned with angels, from Italy (end of XVII century) in the gallery JBAM Ott Fine Arts (Zutphen), as well as bronzes of Max Ernst ( "Mother and Daughter, 1959) at Galerie Ludorff (Dusseldorf), for the first time participating in the fair.

Among the new participants of the fair - Joanna Booth (London, sculpture, textiles , tapestries and paintings of the Renaissance) and Koos Limburg Jnr. (Scotland - rarity), Jean Paul Perrier (Barcelona, paintings by contemporary artists), Xavier Eeckhout (Paris - animalistic art of XIX - XX centuries). These will be added and the Brussels gallery Petits Papiers, by which the fair will be a new direction: the original tablets comics.

BRAFA also updated its administrative council, and chose a new president. He became Mr. Bernard De Lay, an art dealer since 1977, an expert on European jewelry XVI - XVIII centuries. Bernard De Lay for many years been involved in major international fairs in Paris, Monaco, Moscow, Shanghai and, of course, in Brussels. In 2006, he became a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. He will continue what began as a vice-president BRAFA, his goal - to make the fair even better and more selective. He also looks forward to interaction and mutual understanding between the Belgian museums and galleries to make BRAFA this showcase of the arts and cultural heritage.

develop this theme, this year's Fair will provide its visitors a unique opportunity to see nine masterpieces of the artists of the early twentieth century from the collections of museums of the city of Liege: Chagall, Picasso, Kokoschka, Marc, Pascin, Lieberman, Gauguin, Ensor, Lawrence. Works by these artists, as well as other modernists of the twentieth century, has been identified by the Nazi government to "degenerative art", but their works have been mass destruction. As a result of "cleaning up" on the orders of the Government of the museums were confiscated more than 5 000 works of art. In order to show defectiveness and failure of modernist art, July 19, 1937 in Munich, organized an exhibition called "Degenerate Art", which was shown more than 650 works. At the same time in a nearby building was an exhibition of "correct" German art. As a result of attendance "degenerate art" was in 3,5 times more. Thousands of works were destroyed, others are sold as, for example, 125 jobs that were shipped to Switzerland and presented at the auction gallery Fischer in Lucerne in 1939. Among the bidders, a delegation of the city of Liege, which had a budget for the purchase of works. The amount of 35 percent consisted of grants the city, 30 percent - the state subsidy and the remaining 35 percent were granted benefactors. It was finally acquired 9 works that are and will be presented in Brussels.

As antique dealers play an important role in preserving cultural heritage, the main event, what is their BRAFA, can not remain indifferent the problems of environmental conservation. Particular attention will be given to select material - they should be clean and can say 100 per cent fit for reuse. This "green" point is also evident in the design of the whole space fairs, which the Company has issued Volume Architecture in "plant" theme.

The fair officially runs under the high patronage of Her Majesty the Queen of Belgium - is the recognition high status and the exceptional quality of this event.

Source : Press Release BRAFA 2010