One of the most successful contemporary Belgian artists was brought to the Hermitage about two hundred works, including several works created especially for the exhibition in Russia

the State Hermitage Museum
22 October 2016 — on April 9 2017
the Winter Palace, New Hermitage, the General staff
St-Петербург

At the time of the exhibition of the artist's work will be part of the main exhibition and will enter into a dialogue with the masterpieces of world art.

the Belgian artist Jan Fabre (1958, Antwerp) interesting to the public, his fame extends far beyond the country's borders. In his works intertwine the images of life and death, the author talks about the physical and social metamorphosis, the nature of violence inherent in how the animal and human world.

grandson of the famous entomologist, Jan Fabre widely uses in his work the aesthetics of the animal world — and in the images and in the materials. He operates the shell beetles, skeletons, horns, stuffed animals and pictures of animals. With the same ease he works with a ballpoint pen or something-либо equally traditional and habitual for us.

the Art of Jan Fabre's original and at the same time closely connected with the traditions of classical Flemish painting, primarily with the work of Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens.

Earlier, a similar exhibition Fabre've seen the Paris crowd, at the Louvre, his work has been presented in the halls of Flemish and Dutch painting. The exhibition in the Hermitage is not limited only to the facilities will be screened eight films, including the film-перформанс, shot by the artist at the Winter Palace in the summer of 2016. The exhibition will complement the lectures, a series of discussions and master-классов. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

the Exhibition was prepared by the Department of contemporary art at the State Hermitage within the framework of the project "Hermitage 20/21". The exhibition is curated by — Dmitry Ozerkov, head of contemporary art Department, State Hermitage, candidate of philosophical Sciences; Anastasia Chaladze, assistant curator, Department of Contemporary art. Barbara de koninck — artistic Director of the exhibition.

Source: hermitagemuseum.org