Maison Particulière (Bruxelles) presents its 16th exhibition “ta.bu“. Banned, proscribed, prohibited, censored, feared, dreaded, transgressed, trespassed… taboos are inherent to society and to mankind. The word “taboo” exists in every civilization and culture. It touches the universality of the human condition. No matter what they are, taboos are invariably rooted in the fear of danger.
Three collector couples and one artist, Wim Delvoye, have provided a selection of works of art which reflect their own interpretation of taboos. Wim Delvoye is irreverent, his works are subversive, and he does not appear to have any taboos.
Indeed, this is why he was invited to be the guest artist of this exhibition; his interests spread far and wide, his spirit is free, unbound, and fearless. As to the collectors, they too are fearless: “outside of danger, no salvation”; without their inherent excesses, the works of art they collect would be meaningless.
For ten weeks, close to one hundred works of art on view among the rooms will showcase themes such as men’s and women’s sexuality, sadomasochistic practices, debauchery, hidden parts of our bodies, death, religion as a “powerful vector of proscription,” unease over disease, aging or unsightly bodies… subjects that could not be more “repulsive.”
ta.bu is central to the pivotal role art plays as it seeks “…to remove the holy nature from the forbidden, to emancipate ourselves from morals, to bypass any restriction to the point of gaining freedom from fear. Can everything be shown in the name of art? If we display that which should remain hidden, can it still be called taboo?”
ta.bu
14.01.2016 – 26.03.2016
Wim Delvoye, Nestkastje #23, 1997. Courtesy of Studio Delvoye and Galerie Rodolphe Janssen
Andres Serrano, Piss christ (Immersions series), 1987. Courtesy of the artist and Frances Collection
Bettina Rheims, Causes Perdues, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Jablonka Maruani Mercier Gallery
Michael Kvium, Pale profile II, 2013. Courtesy of the artist and Frances Collection
Wim Delvoye, Untitled, 2007. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Rodolphe Janssen
Nobuyoshi Araki, Hanging Woman (Bondage Series), 1997. Courtesy of the artist and Frances Collection
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