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The next few weeks’
agenda fi llers
Belgium,
Eye Candy Rocks
This exhibition seems to have
been curated simply to have us
rave-on about it throughout the
months to come. Put simply,
Bozar’s summer showcase
highlights the visual artwork
of some 20 international rockers
- and rockerettes! - bringing
them together in a cacophony
of styles sure to please the most
demanding of tastemakers out
there. Drawing on the works of
everyone from grandees Patti
Smith, Yoko Ono and Lou Reed
to more contemporary names
as Pete Doherty, The Kills and
offi ce favorite Miss Kittin, the
exhibition promises to reveal a
lesser-known facet to these musicians’
creative streaks. With
another month to come before
the exhibition’s opening, we can
only hope it will be one of those
“artists will be present” kind of
openings.
It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll,
Baby
From 17 th June
until 14 th September 2008
☞ BOZAR, Brussels
www.bozar.be
Under the Skin
Moving away from his earlier
work focusing on the anatomy
of the human body, Maurice
Frydman’s more recent work
attempts to make sense of his
Holocaust experience – or more
specifi cally his non-experience
- of the sad event. Indeed, a
great many Jews who managed
to escape the horrors of the
Holocaust apparently endured
considerable diffi culties in
coming to terms with their
luck, for want of a better word.
This, in Frydman’s case, was
the beginning of a long and
strenuous artistic expression
of his oppressive memories,
creating vulnerable silhouettes
with seemingly fragile frames.
Although sometimes diffi cult
to stomach, the bareness and
rawness of Frydman’s work had
us all looking deep down inside
ourselves.
À Fleur de Peau
Until 22 nd June 2008
☞ Jewish Museum of Belgium,
Brussels
www.museejuif.be
Graphic Resistance
A revolution needs a fair dose
of timely propaganda and
promotional creativity to make
itself noticed, and May 68ers as
they are known had picked up
on this fact long-before the fi rst
street protests began. Drawing
on collector Eric Kawan’s extensive
collection, the exhibition
re-traces the political poster’s
history and its role in furthering
political messages through the
powerful tool of clever imagery
and font use. The exhibition
coinciding with a call for ex-68ers
to hand-in their creations,
this one is sure to revive old
memories of long-forgotten, leftleaning
ideals and principles.
MAI Oui!
Until 17 th August 2008
☞ Le Centre de la Gravure,
Brussels
www.centredelagravure.be
The in-betweeners
Brussels Jazz Marathon on weekend of 23rd May 2008
Jazz jamboree which overtakes the whole city with its mix of
internationally-renowned musicians and lesser-known acts
the diary
© Atelier populaire d’Amiens © Musée juif de Belgique
© Miss Kittin
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