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FCG International Visual Arts Award 2009: JAN FABRE

“Due to his versatile character, open to diverse artistic disciplines ranging from scenic to visual arts. The trajectory of this Belgian artist has won him international recognition because of his innovating spirit, while at the same time demonstrating his control of different techniques, materials and expressions.”

According to the Jury for the FCG  International Award for Visual Arts that met in Valladolid (June 12th, 2009), chaired by: Mr. Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín, Former Spanish National Secretary of State for Culture; and made up by the following members: Mr. Eduardo Álvarez Rodríguez, Head of News at RTVCYL Castilla León Radio and Television;  Dr. Antón García-Abril Ruiz, Architect; Mr. Alberto Gutiérrez Alberca, Deputy Culture Councillor of the Castilla León Regional Government [Junta de Castilla y León]; Mrs. Catalina Luca de Tena García Conde, President and Publisher of ABC Newspaper; Mrs. Patricia Molins de la Fuente, Exhibitions Department, National Queen Sofía Art Centre.

 

 

JAN FABRE - Biography

 Jan Fabre is an artist, theatre-maker and author. He was born in Antwerp in 1958. In the late seventies he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Art and the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts in Antwerp. His first works date from that period.

 Jan Fabre makes installations, sculptures, drawings, films and performances. Over the years he has built up a sizeable body of work and has become internationally acclaimed.

 His best-known works include Tivoli (1990, Mechelen), a mansion covered entirely in ballpoint drawing, The man who measures the clouds (1998), a bronze sculpture, versions of which can be seen at SMAK in Ghent, deSingel in Antwerp and in the sculpture garden at Catanzaro in Italy; and not least Heaven of Delight, a permanent work commissioned by Queen Paola of Belgium for the Mirror Hall at the Royal Palace in Brussels.

 Fabre has taken part in such major international exhibitions as the Venice Biennale (1984, 1990 and 2003), Documenta in Kassel (1987 and 1992), the Sao Paolo Biennale (1991), the Lyon Biennale (2000), the Valencia Biennale (2001) and the Istanbul Biennale (1992 and 2001).

 Other recent and leading exhibitions are Jan Fabre au Louvre. L´Ange de la metamorphose (2008), From Cellar to the Attic. From the Feet to the Brain at Kunsthaus Bregenz (2008) and From the Feet to the Brain in Venice venue Arsenale Novissimo (2009).

 

Biography

 1958 born in Antwerp

lives and works in Antwerp

studied at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts

and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp

 

Solo exhibitions (selection)

 1979

Jan Fabre. Wetskamer, Galerie Workshop, Antwerp

Jan Fabre. Bic-Dweilen en Wetspotten, Jordaenshuis, Antwerp

1980

Jan Fabre. Mond-Oog-Oor Arts, Galerie Workshop, Antwerp

1981

Jan Fabre. BIC-Art Room, Salon Odessa, Leiden

1984

Jan Fabre. Vrienden…, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt (C = Catalogue)

Jan Fabre in Belgisch Paviljoen, Belgian Pavillon, Giardini della Biennale, 41. Biennale di Venezia, Venice (C)

1985

Jan Fabre. Tekeningen, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (C)

Jan Fabre. The Forgery of the Secret Feast, New Math Gallery, Nueva York (C)

1988

Jan Fabre. Der blaue Raum, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Jan Fabre. Hé wat een plezierige zottigheid!, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp (C)

Jan Fabre: Modellen 1977–1985, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

1989

Jan Fabre. Insecten en Ruimte, Museum Overholland, Amsterdam

Jan Fabre. Een skulptuur / vijf tekeningen, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

Jan Fabre, Jack Tilton Gallery, Nueva York (C)

1990

Jan Fabre. Tivoli, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp

Jan Fabre. Das Geräusch, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (C)

Jan Fabre. Som, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon

Antichambres / Affinités sélectives VI. Jan Fabre / Christian Boltanski, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruselas

1991

Jan Fabre. Zwei Objekten, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main

1992

Jan Fabre. Zeichnungen – Objekte – Zeichnungen, Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover (C)

Jan Fabre: Een portret, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

1993

Jan Fabre. Tekeningen, sculpturen, tekeningen, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp (C)

1994

Jan Fabre. The Grave of the Unknown Computer, Galerie beaumontpublic, Luxemburgo (C)

Jan Fabre. Questa pazzia è fantastica, Museo Pecci, Prato (C)

Jan Fabre. Mauer der aufsteigenden Engel. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich

Jan Fabre. Silenzio nella tempesta…, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia

1995

Jan Fabre. Dÿe den nest weet Dÿe weeten. Dÿen roft dÿ heeten. Vier nieuwe sculpturen, De Vleeshal, Middelburg (C)

Jan Fabre. De Lijmstokman, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Jan Fabre. Der Leimrutenmann, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart (C)

1996

Jan Fabre. Skeleton + Skin, Satani Gallery, Tokio

Jan Fabre. Passage, Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest

1997

Jan Fabre. Passage / Prolaz, Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb

Jan Fabre. The Joker, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia

Jan Fabre. The Lime Twig Man, Arnolfini, Bristol

Jan Fabre. Passage, MuHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp (C)

Jan Fabre. Inneres / äußeres Skelett. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich

Jan Fabre, Rob Scholte, Edward Lipski. New Works (3 solo’s), Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp

1998

Jan Fabre & Ilya Kabakov: Een ontmoeting / Vstrecha / A meeting, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

Jan Fabre. Passage, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, EEUU

A cidade e as estralas. Parte 3. Jan Fabre. Atlas of battles, strategies and tactics, Galeria Lúis Serpa, Lisboa

Jan Fabre, Satani Gallery, Tokio

Jan Fabre. Annonce au monde extérieur, Galerie beaumontpublic, Luxemburgo

1999

Jan Fabre, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, Varsovia

Jan Fabre. Battlefields & Beekeepers, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

Jan Fabre. Body Liquids &… Sleep, sleep and sleep little animals…, Sprengel Museum, Hanover

Jan Fabre. Passage, Cantieri culturali allo Zisa, Palermo (C)

Jan Fabre. Engel und Krieger. Strategien und Taktiken, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel (C)

Jan Fabre. Me Dreaming, Château d’Oiron

2000

Jan Fabre. Storage Room of a Warrior, Alpha Delta Gallery, Atenas

Jan Fabre. A Consilience, Natural History Museum, Londres

Jan Fabre & Ilya Kabakov. Sustret. Een ontmoeting / Bctpe4a, Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb

Jan Fabre. Annonce au monde extérieur, Galerie Daniel Templon, París

2001

Jan Fabre. Swords, Skulls and Crosses, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid (C)

Jan Fabre. Umbraculum. Een plaats in de schaduw waar gedacht en gewerkt wordt, ver van het gangbare leven, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

Jan Fabre. Tekeningen Ilad of the BIC-Art 1980, Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich

Jan Fabre. Angel and Warrior. Strategy and Tactics, MIMOCA – Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa

Jan Fabre. Memento Mori, Galerie beaumontpublic, Luxemburgo

Jan Fabre. Umbraculum. Un lieu ombragé hors du monde pour penser et travailler, Chapelle Saint-Charles, Avignon (C)

Jan Fabre. Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich

Jan Fabre. Progetto Roma 2001, Umbraculum. Un posto ombreggiato dove pensare e lavorare lontano della vita quotidiana, Galleria Comunale d’Arte

Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; L’uomo che misura le nuvole – l’uomo dalle gambe di carne, Academia Belgica, Roma (C)

2002

Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Verheug u ter hulp te komen aan het leven), S.M.A.K. – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (C)

Jan Fabre. The Great Confinement, Galerie Academia and Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg

2003

Jan Fabre. Umbraculum, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (C)

Jan Fabre. Sanguis / Mantis, Galerie Daniel Templon, París

Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Rallegratevi di soccorrere la vita), GAMEC – Galleria d’Arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo (C)

Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Alegrate de socorrer la vida), Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (C)

L’homme qui donne du feu. Un choix dans l’oeuvre sculpturale de Jan Fabre 1977–2003, Fondation Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex

Jan Fabre. A la recherche d’Utopia. Sculptures / installations 1977–2003, MAMAC – Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice

2004

Jan Fabre. Umbraculum, DASA – Galerie der Deutschen Arbeitsschutz Ausstellung, Dortmund (C)

Jan Fabre. Drawing—Photography—Drawing 1978–2004, Galerie beaumontpublic, Luxemburgo (C)

Jan Fabre. Messengers of the Death, MAM – Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg (C)

Jan Fabre. Gaude succurrere vitae (Réjouissez-vous de venir au secours de la vie), Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon (C)

Jan Fabre. Sanguis / Mantis, MAM – Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Viena (C)

Jan Fabre. The Problem, Alpha Delta Gallery, Atenas

2005

Jan Fabre. Mis gotas de sangre, mis huellas de sangre, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid

2006

Le Temps emprunté. Drawings for the Stage Works by Jan Fabre, Galerie beaumontpublic, Luxemburgo (C)

Jan Fabre. Kijkdozen en Denkmodellen 1977–2004, Vlaams Parlement, Lokettenzaal, Brussels (C)

Jan Fabre. Homo Faber, MuHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, KMSKA – Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten,

Antwerp, Stadsbibliotheek Antwerp, Galerij Rode Zeven and Galerij Rossaert, Antwerp (C)

Jan Fabre. Lancelot, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Roma

Jan Fabre. Kijkdozen en Denkmodellen, Galerie Seghers, Ostend

L’home que escriu sobre l’aigua, Sala d’Exposicions de la Rambla, Girona

Je me vide de moi-même, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Ginebra

Jan Fabre: Landscapes and Turtles, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem

An umbraculum for Dubrovnik, Galerija Umjetnicka, Dubrovnik

Jan Fabre. Turtles, Carpets, Landscapes, Galerie Artist, Estambul

2007

Je crache sur ma tombe (modèle de pensée), MAM – Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Viena

Die verliehene Zeit. Dessins pour l’oeuvre scènique de Jan Fabre, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg (C)

Jan Fabre. Projet Tivoli pour Salzburg, MAM – Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg

Jan Fabre. Boîtes à images et modèles de pensée, MAM – Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg

Who Shall Speak My Thoughts (of My Body), Gallery Alpha Delta, Atenas

The Brains of My Mother and My Father / The Most Sexy Part of the Body (Brain Drawings and Models), Shugoarts, Tokio

Les messagers de la mort décapités, Galerie Daniel Templon, París

Jan Fabre. Antropologie d’une planète, GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo / Palazzo Benzon, 52. Biennale di

Venezia, Venecia (C)

2008

De geleende tijd / Le temps emprunté, BOZAR, Bruselas (C)

Jan Fabre au Louvre. L’ange de la métamorphose, Musée du Louvre, Aile Richelieu, Salles Écoles du Nord, París (C)

Jan Fabre. Is the Brain the Most Sexy Part of the Body?, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem

La route de la terre vers les étoiles n’est pas lisse, Halle Verrière, Meisenthal

Jan Fabre. From the Cellar to the Attic—From the Feet to the Brain, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (C)

Jan Fabre. Premio Pino Pascali XII ediz. 2008, Palazzo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare (C)

Umbraculum para Santiago de Chile, MAC – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Parque Forestal, Santiago de Chile

Il Ragazzo con la luna e le stelle sulla testa, Piazza Plebiscito, Naples

2009

Project Mesrine, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Germany

Is the brain the most sexy part of the body?, Galerie Klüser 2, Germany

Jan Fabre. From the Feet to the Brain, Arsenale Novissimo, 53. Biennale di Venezia, Venice (C)

 

Group exhibitions (selection)

1979

Arte fiamminga contemporanea, Palazzo Rucellai, Florencia

1984

41e Biennale di Venezia, Giardini della Biennale, Belgian Pavillon, Venecia (C)

1985

Aanwinsten, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Dialogo. Exhibition-Dialogue on Contemporary Art in Europe / Exposiçao-Dialogo sobre a arte contemporanea na Europa, Fundaçao Calouste

Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisboa (C)

Ouverture, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

1987

Uit het oude Europe / From the Europe of Old, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (C)

Microscopia, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (C)

1988

Signaturen. Rond honderd tekeningen van Beuys en Wols, Museum van

Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (C)

1989

Open Mind (Gesloten circuits), Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (C)

1990

Artisti (della Fiandra), Palazzo Sagredo, 44. Biennale di Venezia, Venecia (C)

1991

Wanderlieder, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (C)

Metropolis. International Art Exhibition Berlin 1991, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (C)

Irony by Vision, Watari-um Gallery, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokio (C)

21a Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo (C)

1992

Mito Annual ’93. Another World, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokio (C)

Documenta IX, Kassel (C)

Transform. BildObjektSkulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Basel and Kunsthalle Basel (C)

Der gefrorene Leopard, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich (C)

Third International Istanbul Biennial, The Greater Istanbul Municipality Nejat F. Eczacibasi Art Museum, Estambul (C)

1993

Azur, Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas (C)

1995

Watou ’95. Dichters rond de beeldende kunstenaar Jan Fabre, 3 x 7 Kamers, 3 x 7 Gedichten, Watou (C)

Ripple Across the Water ’95, Watari-um/Tadashi Kawamata Museum, Tokio (C)

Permanentie: Het fotografische beeld in de kunst, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem

1997

La pittura fiamminga e olandese, Palazzo Grassi, Venice (C)

Art/Fashion (Biennale di Firenze ’96), Guggenheim Museum SoHo, Nueva York (C)

1998

Skin, The Israel Museum, Jerusalén

2000

5eme Biennale d’Art contemporain de Lyon. Partage d’exotismes, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon (C)

La Beauté: Nature à l’oeuvre, Clos de Trams, Espace Jeanne-Laurent and Palais des Papes, Avignon (C)

7 Hügel – Bilder und Zeichen des 21. Jahrhunderts, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin (C)

Lost Paradise Lost. Kunst und sakraler Raum, World EXPO 2000, Hanover (C)

Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus, Arnhem (C)

2001

Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière…, Les vallées de la Pétrusse et de l’Alzette / Fort Thüngen, Luxemburgo (C)

1st Biennial of Valencia. The Body and Sin, Convento del Carmen, Valencia (C)

Collections d’artistes, Collection Lambert, Avignon (C)

7th International Istanbul Biennial. Egofugal / Egokaç, Estambul (C)

2003

2003 Beaufort. Triennale voor hedendaagse kunst aan zee, Belgian coast (C)

Outlook, Atenas (C)

Le Opere e i giorni 2003, Certosa di San Lorenzo, Padula (C)

2004

Normal Life, Artandgallery, Milan

Eclips. 25 jaar Deweer Art Gallery, Transfo, Zwevegem (C)

Horizont(e). Vinte Anos Galeria Luís Serpa Projects 1984–2004, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisboa (C)

Vidas imaginaries, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa (C)

2005

Visionary Belgium, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruselas (C)

Galleria in Galleria, Metropolitana, Milan (C)Intersezioni, Parco Archeologico della Roccelletta, Catanzaro (C)

Slow Art. Neue Akzente aus Flandern und den Niederlanden, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf (C)

When Humour Becomes Painful, Migros Museum, Zurich (C)

Mémoire et transmission, MAMAC – Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Liège

Barrocos i neobarracos / El infierno de lo bello, Domus Artium, Salamanca (C)

Accumulazioni, Palazzo Lantieri, Gorizia (C)

War is over / 1945–2005. La Libertà dell’Arte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelan, GAMEC – Galleria d’Arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo

(C)

La peau est ce qu’il y a de plus profond, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Valenciennes (C)

Sanguis / Mantis Landscape (Battlefield), Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne

Principato di Monaco: Idea per un museo, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma

Jan Fabre. Il rifugio (per la tomba del computer sconosciuto), Casa La Marrana in Montemarcello, Ameglia (C)

The Giving Person. Il dono dell’artista, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples (C)

2006

2006 Beaufort. Triennale voor hedendaagse kunst aan zee, Belgian coast (C)

Absolumental, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (C)

Intramoenia-Extrart, Castelli di Puglia (Castelli della Daunia), Monte Sant’Angelo (C)

Zoo, La Centrale Electrique / European Centre for Contemporary Art, Bruselas (C)

The Sublime is Now! (Das Erhabene in der zeitgenössischen Kunst), Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Bern (C)

2007

Force Inconnue, Transfo, Zwevegem

I Am As You Will Be / The Skeleton in Art, Cheim & Read, Nueva York (C)

Die Schöne und das Ungeheuer. Geschichten ungewöhnlicher Liebespaare, Museum Residenzgalerie, Salzburg (C)

ARCO 07, Madrid (C)

De gustibus… Manger dans l’art contemporain, Broelmuseum, Broelkaai & ING, Kortrijk

Collective one, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Ginebra

Bloedmooi. Onze dubieuze relatie met het dier, Historisch Museum Rotterdam / Schielandshuis, Rotterdam (C)

Artempo, Where Time Becomes Art, Palazzo Fortuny, Venecia (C)

VIT(A)RTI, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke (C)

Skin of / in Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Art, Osaka (C)

2008

Der eigene Weg. Doing it my way. Perspektiven Belgischer Kunst. Perspectives on Belgian Art, MKM – Museum Küppersmühle für moderne Kunst,

Duisburg (C)

Anatomie des Vanités, Musée de la Maison d’Erasme, Anderlecht (C)

NéoFutur – Vers de nouveaux imaginaires, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (C)

Dit is onze aarde! (It’s our Earth!), Tour & Taxis, Bruselas

Now Jump!, Nam June Paik Festival, Seoul (C)

Futurotextiel 08, Hall NMBS, Kortrijk

Corpus Delicti, Justitiepaleis, Bruselas (C)

Reflections on light, Galerie Bernd Klüser – Galerie Klüser 2, Munich

Otras Floras, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo

II Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid

Résonances médiévales, Couvent des Cordeliers, Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu

Voyage sentimental, Mediations Biennale, Poznan (C)

Update, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem

Collectiepresentatie, S.M.A.K. – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuelle Kunst, Ghent

Collectie XXIII, MuHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp

Het spel van de waanzin. Over gekte in film en theater, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent

Struggle for life. Evolution and Extinction in the Anthropocene, ERES-Stiftung, Munich

2009

Something Else!!!, MAN_Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Italia

Indian Caps. De keuze van Jan Fabre, Indian Caps vzw, Antwerpen

Goldfish Suddenly Dead, Project Room Extra City, Antwerp

Jeugdzonde. Over opus één en opus min één, LLS 387 Ruimte voor Actuele Kunst, Antwerp

Glass stress, Instituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere de Arti, Venice

 

Bibliography

Monographies  (selection)

Kamper, Dietmar, Jan Fabre ou l’art de l’impossible, Strasbourg 1990

Hrvatin, Emil, Jan Fabre: la discipline du chaos, le chaos de la discipline, París 1994

Wesemann, Arnd, Jan Fabre, Frankfurt am Main 1994

Hertmans, Stefan, Roger-H. Marijnissen, Heaven of Delight, Jan Fabre (Koninklijk Paleis Brussel), Bruselas 2002

Hoet, Jan, Jan Fabre, Ghent 2002

Sans, Jêrome, For intérieur, Festival d’Avignon, Arles 2005

Fiz, Alberto (Hg. / ed.), Intersezioni Cragg, Fabre, Paladino, Roccelletta di Borgia, Parco archeologico di Scolacium, Catanzaro, Milan 2005

Fabre, Jan, Björn Geldhof, Boîtes à images et modèles de pensée, Vlaams parlement, Brussels 2006

Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto (Hg. / ed.), Jan Fabre / Homo Faber: Drawings, Performances, Photoworks, films, sculptures & installations, Antwerp 2006

Jan Fabre. Les bronzes, Guy Pieters Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence 2006

Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto (Hg. / ed.), Anthropology of a Planet, Palazzo Benzon, 52. Biennale di Venezia, Venice 2007

Bernadac, Marie-Laure, Paul Huvenne, Christos Joachimides, Eckhard Schneider, Jan Fabre au Louvre. L'ange de la métamorphose, Louvre, Paris 2008

Huguet, Vincent, Yuko Hasegawa, Bart Verschaffel, Katarina Koskina, Philippe Van Cauteren, Jan Fabre. From the Cellar to the Attic. From the Feet to the Brain, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz 2009


 Writings by the artist and interviews (selection)

The Power of Theatrical Madness, ICA-Institute for Contemporary Arts, London 1986
Das Glas im Kopf wird vom Glas:
The Dance Sections, Ghent 1990
Fabre’s Book of Insects,
Ghent 1999
Fountain of the World,
Ghent 1999
Je marche pendant 7 jours et 7 nuits,
Paris 2002
Jan Fabre. Sanguis / Mantis, Une performance,
Paris 2003
Jan Fabre, Le Guerrier de la beauté, Entreviens avec Hugo de Greef et Jan Hoet,
Paris 2004
Il rifugio: (per la tomba del computer sconosciuto),
Milan 2006
Jan Fabre, conversation avec Ludo Bekkers,
Gerpinnes 2006

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