Invitation Jean-Paul Laenen, Kunstgalerij Kauterveerne, 15/10 - 20/11/94
Invitation Jean-Paul Laenen, Museum of Fine Arts of Brussels 09/12 - 21/12/65
Poster of Le Nord au Sud, Musée Cantini, Marseille, 29/05 - 15/09/72
Exhibition view Krokus, La Storia di un Malinteso, XXXVII Venice Biennale, 1976
Catalogue of the Belgian Pavilion of the XXXVII Venice Biennale
Page from the catalogue of Kunst in de lucht, vliegers door kunstenaars - Peintures pour le ciel, cerfs-volants d’artistes, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, 1991
JEAN-PAUL LAENEN
(1931 - 2012, Mechelen/ Malines, BE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1965 Jean-Paul Laenen, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
1967 A.P.I.A.W., Liège, BE
1968 Koninklijk Atheneum, Keerbergen, BE
1969 Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE
1970 Beneluxhuis, ’S Gravenhage, BE
1982 Jean-Paul Laenen, Enkele werken van 1960 tot 1982, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, BE
1983 Vorm, Ruimte, Grafiek, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans, Edegem, BE
1992 Jean-Paul Laenen, Retrospective, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
1993 Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE
1994 Jean-Paul Laenen, Kunstgalerij Kauterveerne, St.-Katelijne-Waver, BE
1996 Intra muros, Binnenfort, Fort V, Edegem, BE
1997 Réflexions et réfractions, La tour des cardinaux art gallery, Isle sur La Sorgue, FR
2002 La tour des cardinaux art gallery, Isle sur La Sorgue, FR
2006 Jean-Paul Laenen in Lamot, een ontdekkingstocht, double exhibition, Lamot-Erfgoed Mechelen and Stedelijke Musea Mechelen, BE
BIENNIALS & TRIENNIALS
1962 III International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, IT
1965 IV Biennale of Paris, FR
VIII Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE
1968 I Triennale of Bruges, BE
1969 I Biennale of Colonster, Liège, BE
X Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE
II Triennale of the Southern Netherlands, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
1970 XXXV Venice Biennale, IT
1971 II Triennale of Bruges, BE
1976 XXXVII Venice Biennale, IT
1985 XVIII Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1954 Academia Belgica, Rome, IT
1960 22 jonge Mechelse kunstenaars stellen tentoon, Cultureel Centrum Mechelen, BE
1962 First presentation of the Maeterlinck design competition, La Louvière, BE
Getuigenis 62, Ghent, BE
1963 Galerie Le Balai, Uccle, BE
1964 Prix de la Jeune Peinture, Jeune Sculpture Belge 63, Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels, BE
XVIe Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, FR
Sculpture Belge Contemporaine, travelling exhibition, Avionpuits, Liège and Mons, BE
1965 Contact, Galerie Disque rouge, Brussels, BE
Artistes Belges Contemporains, Lausanne, CH
Aspecten van de Belgische Kunst, Galerie Aux bateliers, Brussels, BE
1966 Hulde aan Vantongerloo, initiated by M.Bilcke, Galerie Montjoie, Brussels, BE
Sculpteurs belges et leurs dessins, travelling exhibition, Liège, Namur and Mons, BE
1967 Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE
1968 Kunstbezit in ieders bereik, Mechelen, BE
1969 Deelnemende Belgische Kunstenaars Biënnale Venetië, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, BE
Sculpture Contemporaine, Parc Petit, Péruwelz, BE
Belgian Sculpture, Lisbon, PT
Beelden in het Zuidpark, Ghent, BE
Facetten van de Jonge Vlaamse Kunst, travelling exhibition, Ghent, Hasselt and Nieuwpoort, BE
1970 Sculpture Contemporaine, Annevoie, BE
Réouverture du musée de Mons, Mons, BE
Belgian Art from 1960 to 1970, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
Mens en Beeld, Pauscollege, Leuven, BE
1971 Ten Belgian Artists, travelling exhibition, US (1971-72)
Sculpture Contemporaine, Parc du Musée, Spa, BE
Hedendaagse Tekeningen, Stedelijk Casino, Blankenberge, BE
Prijs van de Kritiek, travelling exhibition, Palais des Beaux Arts, Charleroi and ICC Antwerp, BE
1972 Le Nord au Sud, 25 ans d’art en Belgique (1947-1972), Musée Cantini, Marseille, FR
Belgische Kunstenaars, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, BE
Artistes Belges, Galerie Motte, Geneva, CH
1973 Jonge plastiek uit België, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, BE
Travelling exhibitions Openbaar Kunstbezit and Pro Civitate, BE
1975 Final Group Exhibition, Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE
1976 Fête 76, Jambes, BE
1979 De jaren 60, kunst in België, Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE
75 jaar Mechelse Kunst, Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE
1980 35 ans de l’A.P.I.A.W., Liège, BE
1981 Naar en in het landschap, ICC Antwerp, BE
Intégration 1, Musée de Louvain-La-Neuve, BE
1982 Kunst in de Metro - Art dans le Métro, Centrum - Centre Anneessens, Brussels, BE
3 Oeuvres Monumentales, Sart Tilman, Liège, BE
1985 Santiago de Compostela hic et nunc, Europalia 85 Espana, Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE
1990 METROART, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
1991 Het vorstenportret op munt en biljet 1830-1991, National Bank of Belgium, BE
Kunst in de lucht, vliegers door kunstenaars, travelling exhibition initiated by the Goethe Institut, Osaka, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
1992 Achtste Kunstsalon, Hamme, BE
Madrid, Cultural Capital of Europe, project in collaboration with groep Planning
1998 Een kunstgreep omtrent 1968, Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE
20 jaar Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans, Huis Hellemans, Edegem, BE
2001 In de verbeelding van de ruimte, duo exhibition with Bart Decq, Museum Schepenhuis and its surroundings, Mechelen, BE
Zie je wel, kunst in de Anderlechtse metro, Galerij De Rinck, Anderlecht (Brussels), BE
2004 Désirs d’ailleurs, Exposition de sculptures monumentales, Les Jardins de Poppy - La Bastide Rose, Le Thor, FR
2009 Beelden & Juwelen op den IJzerenberg, Winksele, BE
2010 Niet van gisteren, een generatie kunstenaars in Mechelen (1945-1975), Cultureel Centrum Mechelen, BE
POSTHUMOUS EXHIBITIONS
2012 La Monnaie-du-pape, une oeuvre du sculpteur Jean-Paul Laenen, Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, FR (solo)
2013 De Modernen. Avant Garde, Koningin Fabiolazaal (Collection KMSKA), Antwerp, BE
2015 Uitverkoren, Koningin Fabiolazaal (Collection KMSKA), Antwerp, BE
2017 Sculpting Belgium, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, BE
Luxembourg Art Week, La Patinoire Royale / Galerie Valérie Bach, BE
2019 PAD Paris, Galerie Patrick Fourtin, FR
COLLECTIONS
Collection of the Belgian State
KMSKA, Antwerp
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Le Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée de la Fédération Wallonie‑Bruxelles (CGII), La Louvière
Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp
Middelheim promotors, Antwerp
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp
Mu.ZEE, Ostend
National Bank of Belgium, Brussels
Stedelijke Musea Mechelen
Université de Liège
Collection Patrimonium vzw Huis Hellemans, Edegem
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/ PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACE
1962 La vie des abeilles, Maurice Maeterlinck-monument, collection of the University of Sart Tilman, Liège, BE (realised: 1974)
1967 Cross for the church of O.L.V. bijstand, Deurne-Noord (arch. A. Hoppenbrouwers), BE
1969 Lucernario, commissioned by arch. bOb Van Reeth, Ascona, CH
1972 Temporary intervention in Musée Cantini, Marseille, FR
1973 Dymphnarium, in collaboration with Marcel Smets and Bob Van Reeth for Krokus 1, werkgroep voor de rehabilitatie van het stedelijk milieu, Mechelen, BE
1978 Metrorama 78, photomontage for the Aumale metro station, Anderlecht, Brussels, BE (realised: 1982)
1979 Design for the chapel of the H-Hartkliniek, in collaboration with glazier G. Massinon, Tienen, BE (realised: 1980)
1981 La Tour Kaléidoscopique, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, BE
1982 Acquisition and installation of Rust (1952) by de Mechelse Goedkope Woning and design of its environment, Jubellaan, Mechelen, BE
1984-85 Winning design for the Belgian 5 Francs coin, Royal Mint of Belgium, BE. Later used for the fifty Francs coin. (production: 1988)
1985 Boanerges-Santiago de Compostella, commissioned by Europalia Spain
1986-88 Hermes and Athena, public sculpture for the EHSAL building, Stormstraat, Brussels, BE (arch. A. Hoppenbrouwers)
1988 Rode draad, project for the courtyard of the European Parliament, Brussels, BE (S.B.B.M. & Six Construct - Artedon)
1988-91 De draad van Ariadne - Le Fil d’Ariane, project for the European Parliament, Belliardstraat, Brussels, BE (arch. groep Planning)
1990 Design Le dernier carré, Commemorative medal for the Battle of Waterloo, commissioned by 's Rijks Munt (Royal Dutch Mint), NL
1991 Poste restante, Design Hamamatsu kite for the travelling exhibition Pictures for the Sky: Art Kites, a project initiated by the Goethe Institut, Osaka
1991-92 X-portiek, post sorting centre Antwerpen X, Antwerp, BE (arch. Van Hoecke en partners)
1998-2000 De Mijlpaal, intervention and design of the public square in front of the Station of Mechelen, in collaboration with Dirk Janssen and Sylvie Laenen
1999 La Méridienne, design inner courtyard and sculptural intervention, administrative centre Tractabel Electrabel, Schaarbeek, BE
1999-2000 Design public square and fountains, in collaboration with Dirk Janssen and Sylvie Laenen, IJzerenleen, Mechelen, BE
2000 Design Belgian Millennium Set, set of silver commemorative medals, Royal Mint of Belgium, BE
2011 Monument L. Van Beethoven, Lamot site, Mechelen, BE
2009-12 Double monument of Willem van Oranje and Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde, and design of their integration on the site of KMSKA, commissioned by the Prins Willem de Eerste – herinneringsstichting, Den Haag (NL), Antwerp, BE
(1931 - 2012, Mechelen/ Malines, BE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1965 Jean-Paul Laenen, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
1967 A.P.I.A.W., Liège, BE
1968 Koninklijk Atheneum, Keerbergen, BE
1969 Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE
1970 Beneluxhuis, ’S Gravenhage, BE
1982 Jean-Paul Laenen, Enkele werken van 1960 tot 1982, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, BE
1983 Vorm, Ruimte, Grafiek, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans, Edegem, BE
1992 Jean-Paul Laenen, Retrospective, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
1993 Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE
1994 Jean-Paul Laenen, Kunstgalerij Kauterveerne, St.-Katelijne-Waver, BE
1996 Intra muros, Binnenfort, Fort V, Edegem, BE
1997 Réflexions et réfractions, La tour des cardinaux art gallery, Isle sur La Sorgue, FR
2002 La tour des cardinaux art gallery, Isle sur La Sorgue, FR
2006 Jean-Paul Laenen in Lamot, een ontdekkingstocht, double exhibition, Lamot-Erfgoed Mechelen and Stedelijke Musea Mechelen, BE
BIENNIALS & TRIENNIALS
1962 III International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, IT
1965 IV Biennale of Paris, FR
VIII Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE
1968 I Triennale of Bruges, BE
1969 I Biennale of Colonster, Liège, BE
X Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE
II Triennale of the Southern Netherlands, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
1970 XXXV Venice Biennale, IT
1971 II Triennale of Bruges, BE
1976 XXXVII Venice Biennale, IT
1985 XVIII Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1954 Academia Belgica, Rome, IT
1960 22 jonge Mechelse kunstenaars stellen tentoon, Cultureel Centrum Mechelen, BE
1962 First presentation of the Maeterlinck design competition, La Louvière, BE
Getuigenis 62, Ghent, BE
1963 Galerie Le Balai, Uccle, BE
1964 Prix de la Jeune Peinture, Jeune Sculpture Belge 63, Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels, BE
XVIe Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, FR
Sculpture Belge Contemporaine, travelling exhibition, Avionpuits, Liège and Mons, BE
1965 Contact, Galerie Disque rouge, Brussels, BE
Artistes Belges Contemporains, Lausanne, CH
Aspecten van de Belgische Kunst, Galerie Aux bateliers, Brussels, BE
1966 Hulde aan Vantongerloo, initiated by M.Bilcke, Galerie Montjoie, Brussels, BE
Sculpteurs belges et leurs dessins, travelling exhibition, Liège, Namur and Mons, BE
1967 Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE
1968 Kunstbezit in ieders bereik, Mechelen, BE
1969 Deelnemende Belgische Kunstenaars Biënnale Venetië, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, BE
Sculpture Contemporaine, Parc Petit, Péruwelz, BE
Belgian Sculpture, Lisbon, PT
Beelden in het Zuidpark, Ghent, BE
Facetten van de Jonge Vlaamse Kunst, travelling exhibition, Ghent, Hasselt and Nieuwpoort, BE
1970 Sculpture Contemporaine, Annevoie, BE
Réouverture du musée de Mons, Mons, BE
Belgian Art from 1960 to 1970, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
Mens en Beeld, Pauscollege, Leuven, BE
1971 Ten Belgian Artists, travelling exhibition, US (1971-72)
Sculpture Contemporaine, Parc du Musée, Spa, BE
Hedendaagse Tekeningen, Stedelijk Casino, Blankenberge, BE
Prijs van de Kritiek, travelling exhibition, Palais des Beaux Arts, Charleroi and ICC Antwerp, BE
1972 Le Nord au Sud, 25 ans d’art en Belgique (1947-1972), Musée Cantini, Marseille, FR
Belgische Kunstenaars, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, BE
Artistes Belges, Galerie Motte, Geneva, CH
1973 Jonge plastiek uit België, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, BE
Travelling exhibitions Openbaar Kunstbezit and Pro Civitate, BE
1975 Final Group Exhibition, Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE
1976 Fête 76, Jambes, BE
1979 De jaren 60, kunst in België, Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE
75 jaar Mechelse Kunst, Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE
1980 35 ans de l’A.P.I.A.W., Liège, BE
1981 Naar en in het landschap, ICC Antwerp, BE
Intégration 1, Musée de Louvain-La-Neuve, BE
1982 Kunst in de Metro - Art dans le Métro, Centrum - Centre Anneessens, Brussels, BE
3 Oeuvres Monumentales, Sart Tilman, Liège, BE
1985 Santiago de Compostela hic et nunc, Europalia 85 Espana, Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE
1990 METROART, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
1991 Het vorstenportret op munt en biljet 1830-1991, National Bank of Belgium, BE
Kunst in de lucht, vliegers door kunstenaars, travelling exhibition initiated by the Goethe Institut, Osaka, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
1992 Achtste Kunstsalon, Hamme, BE
Madrid, Cultural Capital of Europe, project in collaboration with groep Planning
1998 Een kunstgreep omtrent 1968, Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE
20 jaar Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans, Huis Hellemans, Edegem, BE
2001 In de verbeelding van de ruimte, duo exhibition with Bart Decq, Museum Schepenhuis and its surroundings, Mechelen, BE
Zie je wel, kunst in de Anderlechtse metro, Galerij De Rinck, Anderlecht (Brussels), BE
2004 Désirs d’ailleurs, Exposition de sculptures monumentales, Les Jardins de Poppy - La Bastide Rose, Le Thor, FR
2009 Beelden & Juwelen op den IJzerenberg, Winksele, BE
2010 Niet van gisteren, een generatie kunstenaars in Mechelen (1945-1975), Cultureel Centrum Mechelen, BE
POSTHUMOUS EXHIBITIONS
2012 La Monnaie-du-pape, une oeuvre du sculpteur Jean-Paul Laenen, Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, FR (solo)
2013 De Modernen. Avant Garde, Koningin Fabiolazaal (Collection KMSKA), Antwerp, BE
2015 Uitverkoren, Koningin Fabiolazaal (Collection KMSKA), Antwerp, BE
2017 Sculpting Belgium, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, BE
Luxembourg Art Week, La Patinoire Royale / Galerie Valérie Bach, BE
2019 PAD Paris, Galerie Patrick Fourtin, FR
COLLECTIONS
Collection of the Belgian State
KMSKA, Antwerp
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Le Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée de la Fédération Wallonie‑Bruxelles (CGII), La Louvière
Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp
Middelheim promotors, Antwerp
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp
Mu.ZEE, Ostend
National Bank of Belgium, Brussels
Stedelijke Musea Mechelen
Université de Liège
Collection Patrimonium vzw Huis Hellemans, Edegem
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/ PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACE
1962 La vie des abeilles, Maurice Maeterlinck-monument, collection of the University of Sart Tilman, Liège, BE (realised: 1974)
1967 Cross for the church of O.L.V. bijstand, Deurne-Noord (arch. A. Hoppenbrouwers), BE
1969 Lucernario, commissioned by arch. bOb Van Reeth, Ascona, CH
1972 Temporary intervention in Musée Cantini, Marseille, FR
1973 Dymphnarium, in collaboration with Marcel Smets and Bob Van Reeth for Krokus 1, werkgroep voor de rehabilitatie van het stedelijk milieu, Mechelen, BE
1978 Metrorama 78, photomontage for the Aumale metro station, Anderlecht, Brussels, BE (realised: 1982)
1979 Design for the chapel of the H-Hartkliniek, in collaboration with glazier G. Massinon, Tienen, BE (realised: 1980)
1981 La Tour Kaléidoscopique, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, BE
1982 Acquisition and installation of Rust (1952) by de Mechelse Goedkope Woning and design of its environment, Jubellaan, Mechelen, BE
1984-85 Winning design for the Belgian 5 Francs coin, Royal Mint of Belgium, BE. Later used for the fifty Francs coin. (production: 1988)
1985 Boanerges-Santiago de Compostella, commissioned by Europalia Spain
1986-88 Hermes and Athena, public sculpture for the EHSAL building, Stormstraat, Brussels, BE (arch. A. Hoppenbrouwers)
1988 Rode draad, project for the courtyard of the European Parliament, Brussels, BE (S.B.B.M. & Six Construct - Artedon)
1988-91 De draad van Ariadne - Le Fil d’Ariane, project for the European Parliament, Belliardstraat, Brussels, BE (arch. groep Planning)
1990 Design Le dernier carré, Commemorative medal for the Battle of Waterloo, commissioned by 's Rijks Munt (Royal Dutch Mint), NL
1991 Poste restante, Design Hamamatsu kite for the travelling exhibition Pictures for the Sky: Art Kites, a project initiated by the Goethe Institut, Osaka
1991-92 X-portiek, post sorting centre Antwerpen X, Antwerp, BE (arch. Van Hoecke en partners)
1998-2000 De Mijlpaal, intervention and design of the public square in front of the Station of Mechelen, in collaboration with Dirk Janssen and Sylvie Laenen
1999 La Méridienne, design inner courtyard and sculptural intervention, administrative centre Tractabel Electrabel, Schaarbeek, BE
1999-2000 Design public square and fountains, in collaboration with Dirk Janssen and Sylvie Laenen, IJzerenleen, Mechelen, BE
2000 Design Belgian Millennium Set, set of silver commemorative medals, Royal Mint of Belgium, BE
2011 Monument L. Van Beethoven, Lamot site, Mechelen, BE
2009-12 Double monument of Willem van Oranje and Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde, and design of their integration on the site of KMSKA, commissioned by the Prins Willem de Eerste – herinneringsstichting, Den Haag (NL), Antwerp, BE