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It's one of the most surrealistic buildings in this world. Not because it looks so strange but because there are always parts you haven't seen yet, hallways that are closed one day and open the next and most is below ground too. I'm pretty sure there's some kind of weird maze underneath the 'Kunstberg' in Brussels connecting all the museums there...
But enough about the building. Let's talk about the exhibits!
This time we where there for 'The Forbidden Empire" and also for the two free exhibits (The Face of the Mass, pictures from an Antwerp newspaper from between 1940-50 and "Restlessness", art from Jan Lauwers). These two free exhibits have ended by now but the Forbidden Empire runs un till 6-5-2007.
The two free exhibits where a lot of fun already and we got to see a new part of the building again ;-)
The Forbidden Empire is an exhibit about the way Chinese and Flemish artists view the world around them. It shows work from Chinese and Flemish painters from several ages. It's great to see the differences but also the similarities.
Artists around the world view their physical surroundings in much the same way but their cultural surroundings tell them how to visualize it in a way that is most pleasing / most understandable. The world is much the same but the conventions on how to portray it aren't.
You can see that clearly if you compare sketches from say Brueghel or Rubens with sketches from Chinese masters. And that is the great thing about this exhibit: you get to do just that! And all of the works are great too ;-)
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