The Invitation of Victor H.
The Invitation of Victor H.
10 October 2019 - 15 March 2020
BeCraft Gallery, Belgium
A timeless creative parenthesis, a dialogue between Belgian architectural heritage and contemporary applied arts, the fruit of Victor Horta.
How to take inspiration from Victor Horta without doing "Victor Horta"? BeCraft's artists take a contemporary look at the Belgian architect's unmissable work, which carries with it a major artistic movement of modern art . His personal home and studio, features of Art Nouveau at its peak, have been widely preserved his creations. What to impress but also to inspire contemporary artists, because working in the wake of Horta is in itself integrating symbolically into history.
It is not easy to enter this universe, as it is impressive. However, Victor Horta invited the BeCraft artists to be part of it, the time for a collaboration.
This project in cooperation with the Horta Museum follows the tradition of a Becraft initiative That Began in 2015. For the third time, the collaborates association with a reconnu institution for the implementation of a project in the Following terms : the cr ed creators members ' Association's ' inspired by the museum collections to create an original contemporary work. This, with the primary aim of optimizing the sharing of knowledge related to Applied Arts; to increase public awareness of the arts and crafts and their artistic and social significance. The Museum of Photography in Charleroi was the first to join this initiative.In 2017, the experience was renewed with the swimming pool of Roubaix.
Exhibition Run
10 October 2019 - 15 March 2020
Venue
BeCraft
Les Anciens Abattoirs
17/02, rue de la Trouille
7000 Mons
Belgium
