Thomas Lerooy - Behind the Curtain
23 Apr 2019 - 18 Aug 2019
Belgian artist Thomas Lerooy (°1981) is known for his sculptures and drawings. In Behind the Curtain, the exhibition at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, he shows paintings alongside his sculptures for the first time.
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Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique - du Rue du Musée 9 1000
In Lerooy’s enigmatic work, different realities are intertwined, each with their own set of laws. The viewer tumbles from one visual language into another. Throughout the different layers, death and eternity meet, as well as beauty and ugliness, order and chaos, show and intimacy, drama and humour.
Lerooy has developed a highly personal style: a mix of realism, surrealist themes and influences from the classical sculpturing. To him his paintings are living creating; they need time to mature both in terms of visual language and content. You do not need to understand them, but rather feel them by surrendering to the softness of his brushwork. In combination with his sculptures, his paintings form a complex oeuvre which is both moving and thrilling; both shocking and unforgettable.
With the support of Logo Rodolphe Janssen
Free admission with a ticket for the permanent collection
Lerooy has developed a highly personal style: a mix of realism, surrealist themes and influences from the classical sculpturing. To him his paintings are living creating; they need time to mature both in terms of visual language and content. You do not need to understand them, but rather feel them by surrendering to the softness of his brushwork. In combination with his sculptures, his paintings form a complex oeuvre which is both moving and thrilling; both shocking and unforgettable.
With the support of Logo Rodolphe Janssen
Free admission with a ticket for the permanent collection
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
du Rue du Musée 9 1000
Contains some twenty thousand paintings, sculptures and drawings.
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