2024-04-10 21:24:00
“As a nod to a masterful work by Barnett Newman (Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?) and as a pretext for an essentially chromatic journey, we allowed ourselves to be guided, in the choice of works, by the three colors floating on the flexible surface of the Belgian flag – black, yellow, red. An exhibition which celebrates fifty years of Sotheby’s in Belgium by bringing together great names in modern and contemporary art.”, explains exhibition curator François de Coninck.
The emblematic work “Femur of a Belgian Man” (1965) by Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers will be one of the highlights of the exhibition and will go under the hammer. There will also be an oil self-portrait by the Brussels artist Stéphane Mandelbaum, the painting “Toujours en tard” (1969) by the Antwerp artist Wout Vercammen, the work “To our dear Belgian art” by the conceptual artist Ghent Jean Schwind and the installation “White anger, red danger, yellow peril, black death” (1984) by the American artist Bruce Nauman. In addition, a selection of contemporary Belgian artists will be exhibited.
The exhibition will take place in the premises of Sotheby’s Brussels, avenue Louise in Ixelles. The house will also celebrate 10 years of Sotheby’s Reality in Brussels and 100 years of surrealism.
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