ANASTASIA BAY
MATHILDE ALBOUY
"House of Dreamers"
Group show
This summer, the Villa Empain returns to its original vocation as a home, inviting visitors to discover the work of established and emerging artists, in a space that was itself a furnished dwelling.
The group exhibition House of Dreamers imagines a poetic stroll through the spaces of the Villa Empain. As they move through the rooms and salons, the works brought together explore both the architectural qualities of the spaces and their uses. The exhibition takes the form of a recomposed interior, a house rediscovered through the creation of large-scale in situ sets, where spaces are inhabited by the life of works and objects. This thematic tour raises the question of the relationship between artists and domestic space, summoning up the notion of the decorative in modern and contemporary art.
House of Dreamers praises the dream as a possible answer to living life differently, and proposes a re-enchantment of everyday life, carrying poetic, political and social messages.
Curator Anne-Laure Lestage
With : Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Mathilde Albouy, Anastasia Bay, Nigin Beck, Marion Benoit, Pierre Bonnard, Anne Bourse, Ulla von Brandenburg, Huguette Caland, Marc-Camille Chaimowicz, Than Hussein Clark, Jean Cocteau, Les Crafties, Gregory Cuquel, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel, Charlotte Dualé, Simone Fattal, Aurélie Ferruel & Florentine Guédon, Olga Flór, Clémentine Fort, Kasia Fudakowski, Sébastien Gouju, Jacent, Johanna Jackson & Chris Johanson, Ellande Jaureguiberry, Christopher Kline, Raphaël Larre, Victor Levai, Claire Lézier, Maison Pelletier-Ferruel, Kasimir Malevitch, Zora Mann, Pierre Marie, Ad Minoliti, Shana Moulton, Élise Peroi, Laure Prouvost, Man Ray, Stéphanie Saadé, Jean-Michel Sanejouand, Daniel Spoerri, Katja Tönnissen, Magali Wagner & Amélie Charroin.
Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain
Av. Franklin Roosevelt 67,
1050 Bruxelles, Belgique
From Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m to 18 p.m
Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain, exhibition House of Dreamers, Brussels, 2023 curated by Anne-Laure Lestage © Silvia Cappellari
