Jan Fabre. Pietas

Na Venetië mag nu ook Antwerpen de expositie Piëta's van Antwerps kunstenaar Jan Fabre verwelkomen. Met deze vijf unieke marmeren beelden speelt Fabre op een originele en gedurfde manier in op het thema van de piëta. De sculpturen, waaronder een herinterpretatie van een piëta van Michelangelo, staan op een groot gouden podium dat door bezoekers kan worden betreden waardoor de sacrale beleving, zoals Fabre het zelf noemt, nog intenser wordt.

Created by Jan Fabre in 2011, this marble sculptural suite was featured for the first time during the 54th Venice Biennale, where it occupied the prestigious Nuova Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Misericordia. In the artist's home city of Antwerp, PIETAS will be the first exhibition to be held in the renovated Parkloods in Park Spoor Noord.
In PIETAS, created in 2011, Fabre's five white marble sculptures describe variations on the theme of the Pietà, the iconic image of Mary cradling the dead body of her son Jesus in her arms. Fabre's interpretation presents concepts such as grief and acceptance, death and rebirth as well as man's capacity for imagination, inventiveness and art.

Created by Jan Fabre in 2011, this marble sculptural suite was featured for the first time during the 54th Venice Biennale, where it occupied the prestigious Nuova Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Misericordia. In the artist's home city of Antwerp, PIETAS will be the first exhibition to be held in the renovated Parkloods in Park Spoor Noord.
In PIETAS, created in 2011, Fabre's five white marble sculptures describe variations on the theme of the Pietà, the iconic image of Mary cradling the dead body of her son Jesus in her arms. Fabre's interpretation presents concepts such as grief and acceptance, death and rebirth as well as man's capacity for imagination, inventiveness and art.