https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site Jean-Paul Laenen Estate Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:28:07 +0000 https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site en https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Homepage-1 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:36:31 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Homepage-1 News: After a thorough restoration, Transition - Overgang (1964), is finally back on display in KMSKA in Antwerp. You can rediscover the work in the new wing of the recently reopened Museum. <img width="5906" height="5906" width_o="5906" height_o="5906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaf1c1ba4f79f17c790a1fff5e8c6a96ad2558408d29ca62f72d707762abd190/RS32211_KMSKA_J7A8749-Pano-hpr.jpg" data-mid="201934573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eaf1c1ba4f79f17c790a1fff5e8c6a96ad2558408d29ca62f72d707762abd190/RS32211_KMSKA_J7A8749-Pano-hpr.jpg" />© KMSKA - Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Works-1 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:36:25 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Works-1 On this page we will be highlighting a selection of Laenen’s work, focussing on different themes and periods within his practice. The selection will change on a regular basis. EARLY WORKS Maternité 1957Wood 166 x 42 x 38 cm Unique Starting off in his early twenties with painting and drawing, Laenen gradually began to feel restricted by this medium and the second dimension at large. This pushed him to explore new horizons, leading him to sculpture and the 3rd dimension. Early experiments with different techniques and materials result in direct carving in wood, marble, and bluestone, while progressively opening up a dialogue between form, light and space. Photography: Dries Van den Brande (left), archive Jean-Paul Laenen (right) &nbsp; <img width="1333" height="2761" width_o="1333" height_o="2761" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19bece574f0edd74477c58befa5e15b385f6382b6f3197a324ed7e4c82ce0301/080711-0045-kopie.jpg" data-mid="139454541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19bece574f0edd74477c58befa5e15b385f6382b6f3197a324ed7e4c82ce0301/080711-0045-kopie.jpg" /> <img width="965" height="2000" width_o="965" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5ce2458e64a8b962a120163da8267aa8d99aafa1c8dbdaf5129f2671214539c/02_maternite_b3.jpg" data-mid="139552426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/965/i/b5ce2458e64a8b962a120163da8267aa8d99aafa1c8dbdaf5129f2671214539c/02_maternite_b3.jpg" /> De vogels - Les oiseaux 1958Woodh 120 cm Unique Private collection Photography: archive Jean-Paul Laenen&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1409" height="2810" width_o="1409" height_o="2810" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48d5f5e283543c5099548ce571f6ad2d89a1a1d38b622e1982707f8406e253f7/Les-oiseaux.jpeg" data-mid="219330222" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48d5f5e283543c5099548ce571f6ad2d89a1a1d38b622e1982707f8406e253f7/Les-oiseaux.jpeg" /> <img width="677" height="1350" width_o="677" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a2927743570c5e3720eb3d3a411badae21e419cdce842d1a21ce92ceadebd01/les-oiseaux2-kopie_2.jpg" data-mid="219336227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/677/i/7a2927743570c5e3720eb3d3a411badae21e419cdce842d1a21ce92ceadebd01/les-oiseaux2-kopie_2.jpg" /> Figure accroupie c. 1958Wood Unique Private collection Photography: archive Jean-Paul Laenen&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1201" height="2009" width_o="1201" height_o="2009" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d89bf4a3ccf6c2be73a1af4cef16da99710338f915d400b946b79e91fda84b8d/figure-accroupie_c.jpg" data-mid="219340287" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d89bf4a3ccf6c2be73a1af4cef16da99710338f915d400b946b79e91fda84b8d/figure-accroupie_c.jpg" /> <img width="1416" height="2372" width_o="1416" height_o="2372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55b0c088ead67b7dcb15e0d0ca1059d4fe58f38148902228daded61a190a0c4b/figure-accroupie2_d.jpg" data-mid="219340764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55b0c088ead67b7dcb15e0d0ca1059d4fe58f38148902228daded61a190a0c4b/figure-accroupie2_d.jpg" /> Kathedraal II - Cathedrale II, c. 1959Bluestone 92 x 18 x 12,5 cmUnique Photography: Dries Van den Brande (top left, bottom) archive Jean-Paul Laenen (top right) &nbsp; <img width="2515" height="3780" width_o="2515" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16b6628af935779e00e9e0ac5526b4070ed97d8a40d92b5df5e1230412a48c32/161227-278.jpg" data-mid="219383752" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16b6628af935779e00e9e0ac5526b4070ed97d8a40d92b5df5e1230412a48c32/161227-278.jpg" /> <img width="2515" height="3780" width_o="2515" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec1e7fd0ef023ad524bb17c6880a0a33ef07dabe60c17a324dd5d2379e48d29f/IMG_1580-kopie.JPG" data-mid="219384598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec1e7fd0ef023ad524bb17c6880a0a33ef07dabe60c17a324dd5d2379e48d29f/IMG_1580-kopie.JPG" /> <img width="2515" height="3780" width_o="2515" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/224cd1b8884986c40ef6dc51a1ad91f9f670cb89df0bca716d841537fc2d8aa8/161227-266.jpg" data-mid="219383749" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/224cd1b8884986c40ef6dc51a1ad91f9f670cb89df0bca716d841537fc2d8aa8/161227-266.jpg" /> <img width="2515" height="3780" width_o="2515" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab8eb19834019c0ca3a002c6944c7010c46d5d67909c6542fe991ede2c506320/161227-276.jpg" data-mid="219383751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab8eb19834019c0ca3a002c6944c7010c46d5d67909c6542fe991ede2c506320/161227-276.jpg" /> Untitled c. 1959Bluestone 118 x 33 x 31 cmUnique Two scholarships at the Scuola del Marmo in Carrara, in 1959 and 1961, paved the way for a series of direct carvings in marble and bluestone.&nbsp; Photography: Dries Van den Brande <img width="802" height="1206" width_o="802" height_o="1206" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7723d71c9651cd84a5d041de9c08689dc6ec1fc3c07ecc644ee575190d91c106/161227-303.jpg" data-mid="139455309" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/802/i/7723d71c9651cd84a5d041de9c08689dc6ec1fc3c07ecc644ee575190d91c106/161227-303.jpg" /> <img width="777" height="1167" width_o="777" height_o="1167" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f70f58071805595326a0f150247fca12d82ff9386b23081ff4631c49731fe96d/161227-298.jpg" data-mid="139455440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/777/i/f70f58071805595326a0f150247fca12d82ff9386b23081ff4631c49731fe96d/161227-298.jpg" /> <img width="1251" height="832" width_o="1251" height_o="832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33ff7a09fd99d03a66875700eab43c7fe8c220ce8747eef1aa7120770e9a5fef/161227-304.jpg" data-mid="139455418" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33ff7a09fd99d03a66875700eab43c7fe8c220ce8747eef1aa7120770e9a5fef/161227-304.jpg" /> Afrika - Africa 1959Bluestone73 x 113 x 55 cmUnique Photography: archive Jean-Paul Laenen (top left), Dries Van den Brande (top right &amp; bottom) <img width="1406" height="2116" width_o="1406" height_o="2116" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a496a2da5ae189a42e9a983541bcd44baa3cdfab67bcd11c5a1a8f309d9c37d8/03_beelden-tuin_africa-1-kopie_2.jpg" data-mid="219343278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a496a2da5ae189a42e9a983541bcd44baa3cdfab67bcd11c5a1a8f309d9c37d8/03_beelden-tuin_africa-1-kopie_2.jpg" /> <img width="2515" height="3780" width_o="2515" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a2646c4d0116f7ce38b7aff2bc9b55768adccd732e348a7c6a2dd76adcf7ea0/161227-286.jpg" data-mid="219342655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a2646c4d0116f7ce38b7aff2bc9b55768adccd732e348a7c6a2dd76adcf7ea0/161227-286.jpg" /> <img width="3780" height="2515" width_o="3780" height_o="2515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a997825439e5578012cf7ddfea2693839c7f1d1f581570dd51e4e51ab7cde033/161227-288.jpg" data-mid="219342659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a997825439e5578012cf7ddfea2693839c7f1d1f581570dd51e4e51ab7cde033/161227-288.jpg" /> Forme interrompue - Onderbroken vorm 1960Wood, bluestone137 x 13 x 13 cmUnique Photography: Kristien Daem <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c3e0e61870efe5f0bf308348e0c4027ed22f08409132267bc8b78cb3a881fa9/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_029.jpg" data-mid="116453019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c3e0e61870efe5f0bf308348e0c4027ed22f08409132267bc8b78cb3a881fa9/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_029.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8ac641df582e867a3cd4ee721222fb30c6996f32e6b38f164659d0afaf21447/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_030.jpg" data-mid="116453023" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8ac641df582e867a3cd4ee721222fb30c6996f32e6b38f164659d0afaf21447/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_030.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ac98c08c213de211fb9e34ab517d526c4325c1ec3c4ed917a1ad4dad3108b90/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_032.jpg" data-mid="116453282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ac98c08c213de211fb9e34ab517d526c4325c1ec3c4ed917a1ad4dad3108b90/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_032.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b3dfb95cedb08a971dd6085f124c7dcdee2777cd2b229e6dd66bf199b5b56cf/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_031.jpg" data-mid="116453281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b3dfb95cedb08a971dd6085f124c7dcdee2777cd2b229e6dd66bf199b5b56cf/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_031.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38af320bc9543745c4d9ac29bf4a98f34aadac399ce404afba2ccf6a5980ec39/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_033.jpg" data-mid="116453284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38af320bc9543745c4d9ac29bf4a98f34aadac399ce404afba2ccf6a5980ec39/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_033.jpg" /> Semence - Zaad 1960Wood90 x 30 x 10 cmUnique I started carving [wood] in Norway. Purely for myself, as things did not go very smoothly at the academy or art school. I managed to get hold of a magnificent piece of wood. I was allowed to work in it on condition that I would first make a nice object in clay that would please the director. However, and much to the dismay of the director, I was opposed to the idea of making a clay model first. I was looking for the boundaries of the material, a constraint that, I hoped, would teach me what it was that I was doing and why. (Trans. from “Gesprek met Jean-Paul Laenen”, interview by Ludo Bekkers, Streven 11/12, Aug-Sep 1969.) Photography: Kristien Daem <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddb690441846910a72a1ed7c5c7d8dc6b5a63c7aeef7835a7926d93db5bcac74/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_018.jpg" data-mid="116567595" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddb690441846910a72a1ed7c5c7d8dc6b5a63c7aeef7835a7926d93db5bcac74/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_018.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd9dca2db5707dcd25fe9db8ee1ebc7bd9486d7a2b10314b2b960e5560a2c22e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_020.jpg" data-mid="116567597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd9dca2db5707dcd25fe9db8ee1ebc7bd9486d7a2b10314b2b960e5560a2c22e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_020.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23f185a2dec1e231331e7f2c4a4c391bc6f12e7350e111582b79307a0c70f835/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_019.jpg" data-mid="116567596" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23f185a2dec1e231331e7f2c4a4c391bc6f12e7350e111582b79307a0c70f835/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_019.jpg" /> Evenwicht - Equilibre, 1960Wood, steel 92 x 96 x 36 cmUnique Photography:&nbsp; archive Jean-Paul Laenen &nbsp; <img width="2067" height="1576" width_o="2067" height_o="1576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/954cc9418740870168ec6efa8b4ab60e444d8afdc823264bf5309f74948115c2/06-_equilibre-kopie.jpg" data-mid="219387745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/954cc9418740870168ec6efa8b4ab60e444d8afdc823264bf5309f74948115c2/06-_equilibre-kopie.jpg" /> <img width="449" height="343" width_o="449" height_o="343" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/256ef7c3debdc07ed6e26af73636276c0fa0af284e60d86b3aba0565c80dab39/_str005196801ill0254-kopie_b.jpg" data-mid="219388600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/449/i/256ef7c3debdc07ed6e26af73636276c0fa0af284e60d86b3aba0565c80dab39/_str005196801ill0254-kopie_b.jpg" /> <img width="1328" height="881" width_o="1328" height_o="881" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a32a833f99a5143a96197da3d54925b74e53ea2778b5682ef76641ac9c10b45/05-_equilibre-kopie_2b.jpg" data-mid="219387915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a32a833f99a5143a96197da3d54925b74e53ea2778b5682ef76641ac9c10b45/05-_equilibre-kopie_2b.jpg" /> <img width="1359" height="901" width_o="1359" height_o="901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8ae97ac40c230583eaefd62a0402a47bdf6a729f0f9e48f70f67790abbc408c/05-_equilibre-kopie.jpg" data-mid="219387744" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8ae97ac40c230583eaefd62a0402a47bdf6a729f0f9e48f70f67790abbc408c/05-_equilibre-kopie.jpg" /> Dionysos 1960Bronze, stone15 x 28 x 24 cmEdition of 3, varying stones Photography: Kristien Daem <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02f9e88ef11d0ed2146be6a9a26fe90dbf701c0b485c000fdfe33f71c07ab953/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_034.jpg" data-mid="116567659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02f9e88ef11d0ed2146be6a9a26fe90dbf701c0b485c000fdfe33f71c07ab953/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_034.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/332677b1ca98cfc9a450a767ebbd7125d928053c5bd013d2cda1e01aca90ff2e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_035.jpg" data-mid="116567661" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/332677b1ca98cfc9a450a767ebbd7125d928053c5bd013d2cda1e01aca90ff2e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_035.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc4eebd79944f8c0a880f33121807325994716c51e908b4d9ab9ed83bad778d3/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_036.jpg" data-mid="116567663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc4eebd79944f8c0a880f33121807325994716c51e908b4d9ab9ed83bad778d3/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_036.jpg" /> GLASS Dans la sphère - In de sfeer 1961Glass, lead, marbrit 80 x 90 x 90 cmUnique Through my work in the bronze foundry, I discovered the possibilities of defining and structuring space, which in turn led me to discover new aspects of the material. Metal, for example, can both reflect and absorb light. Metal allowed to absorb space in a particular way. (…) Material had taken on a whole new meaning for me. It had a density, a texture, something I would like to call colour now. I experience it as a colour. When I combined two different materials at the time, it was mainly with this purpose. The transparent volume of glass, for example, and the opacity of the lead; here too, it was primarily a colour combination of the green cut of the glass and the lead’s various shades of grey. (Trans. from “Gesprek met Jean-Paul Laenen”, interview by Ludo Bekkers, Streven 11/12, Aug-Sep 1969.)Photography: Galerie La Patinoire Royale, Brussels<img width="1600" height="1068" width_o="1600" height_o="1068" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/566ccabdc5ad19c69cc1f1e9b13636526fa1fa4be5dae0cdd0ec72496c1044f7/LAENEN-Jean-Paul-Dans-la-sphere.JPG" data-mid="219725204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/566ccabdc5ad19c69cc1f1e9b13636526fa1fa4be5dae0cdd0ec72496c1044f7/LAENEN-Jean-Paul-Dans-la-sphere.JPG" /> Ètude pour un volume transparent avec double projection - Studie voor een transparant volume met dubbele projectie&nbsp; 1962Glass, marbrit(l) 200 cmUnique Private collectionPhotography: André Sornasse (top),&nbsp; I. van Baelen (bottom) <img width="2266" height="1704" width_o="2266" height_o="1704" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/268670a5012d6824a11a68652bc4c2305e833e669daa1dbb1203e8c21b88acfc/etude-pour-un-volume-transparent-avec-double-projection-a-sornasse2-kopie.jpeg" data-mid="219731297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/268670a5012d6824a11a68652bc4c2305e833e669daa1dbb1203e8c21b88acfc/etude-pour-un-volume-transparent-avec-double-projection-a-sornasse2-kopie.jpeg" /> <img width="2408" height="1807" width_o="2408" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9e3896fdb2dd86be02bc1be4d23045663ab348a048c54aac1d5098fea326231/etude-pour-un-volume-transparent-avec-double-projection-a-sornasse1.jpeg" data-mid="219729677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9e3896fdb2dd86be02bc1be4d23045663ab348a048c54aac1d5098fea326231/etude-pour-un-volume-transparent-avec-double-projection-a-sornasse1.jpeg" /> <img width="2088" height="1522" width_o="2088" height_o="1522" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f6c98cc1498906a15c4106f0ad893fb3a265400646ed882435348050dcc312b/etude-pour-un-volume-transparent-avec-double-projection-l-van-baelen3.jpeg" data-mid="219729695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f6c98cc1498906a15c4106f0ad893fb3a265400646ed882435348050dcc312b/etude-pour-un-volume-transparent-avec-double-projection-l-van-baelen3.jpeg" /> PRISMS Capte soleil -&nbsp;Zonnegeleider 1971Plexi, mirror 25 x 25 x 18 cmEdition of 100 Laenen's fascination with light refraction is one of the recurrent themes within his practice, which manifests itself in both the three-dimensional and two-dimensional works. This work from 1971, the first one in the ‘Capte Soleil’ series, is his only real multiple (this is without taking the penultimate 5 Francs coin into account).Photography: Kristien Daem <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aed80c8b34abc769d9bc85f193ca65483b51e2c79c8af6cabfdce895b5f24471/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_044.jpg" data-mid="117510250" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aed80c8b34abc769d9bc85f193ca65483b51e2c79c8af6cabfdce895b5f24471/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_044.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/107938dbb4ef95236b29cbfb6855b83dfabe6a5f47139f25a2081c76c831f590/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_045.jpg" data-mid="117510251" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/107938dbb4ef95236b29cbfb6855b83dfabe6a5f47139f25a2081c76c831f590/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_045.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/734ebe33cbb30b0d7ca7c98cb9a0c6108c1027a6040001ca5dabc1acefbad78d/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_047.jpg" data-mid="117510253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/734ebe33cbb30b0d7ca7c98cb9a0c6108c1027a6040001ca5dabc1acefbad78d/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_047.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bb9bdb30309fbbeb20196a23b61f177cdfad096325d79ffa9db95e26dd9a473/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_046.jpg" data-mid="117510252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bb9bdb30309fbbeb20196a23b61f177cdfad096325d79ffa9db95e26dd9a473/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_046.jpg" /> Modulation verticale - Verticale modulatie 1996Plexi, mdf, lacquer159,5 x 29 x 29 cmUniquePhotography: Kristien Daem <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42cd7788c4deef83e69ffc0c2c00a543e9a47bde98aa155cf7ab7676689d0ae6/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_048.jpg" data-mid="117518000" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42cd7788c4deef83e69ffc0c2c00a543e9a47bde98aa155cf7ab7676689d0ae6/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_048.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f7ae60f46c7fa36fec9b8d0be1255cecb3a4f26502adcd8472f567540e44f1b/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_049.jpg" data-mid="117518001" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f7ae60f46c7fa36fec9b8d0be1255cecb3a4f26502adcd8472f567540e44f1b/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_049.jpg" /> Capte soleil - Zonnegeleider 1997Copper, lead, plexi, mirror, steel44 x 36 x 12 cmUnique Following his 1971 multiple, Laenen made a reprise of two slightly varying works bearing the same title in 1997. In these later works he added various materials including lead and copper.Photography: Kristien Daem <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4f73f79b2e7e8fdc97b2100040c1a3f5d8343280e8a73e3c4d1996dc0a22331/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_037.jpg" data-mid="117510594" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4f73f79b2e7e8fdc97b2100040c1a3f5d8343280e8a73e3c4d1996dc0a22331/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_037.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/432b77c51d8a20fa5ad61921f0cf7d97ff04580defa3863cc408b06a4b3b172d/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_038.jpg" data-mid="117510595" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/432b77c51d8a20fa5ad61921f0cf7d97ff04580defa3863cc408b06a4b3b172d/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_038.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dfdf16659bd5e6c376e922639d8cc987e0974df73d8e3b7592677285ca2f19db/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_040.jpg" data-mid="117510597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dfdf16659bd5e6c376e922639d8cc987e0974df73d8e3b7592677285ca2f19db/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_040.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bc7d7d689435419fe5e0643f4c82ab7bd4d79efe082d1d3d348ef2c386492d5/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_039.jpg" data-mid="117510596" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bc7d7d689435419fe5e0643f4c82ab7bd4d79efe082d1d3d348ef2c386492d5/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_039.jpg" /> Capte soleil - Zonnegeleider 1997Copper, lead, plexi, mirror36 x 25 x 13 cmUniquePhotography: Kristien Daem<img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab9603dab91b1027c86a6eba3993c47afba1a0ee91561bc1c264905518298155/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_042.jpg" data-mid="117510599" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab9603dab91b1027c86a6eba3993c47afba1a0ee91561bc1c264905518298155/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_042.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08dae8cda8d27838f19693915a5e6ebfc16e2e624e094a63fe5a69e25f4525c8/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_041.jpg" data-mid="117510598" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08dae8cda8d27838f19693915a5e6ebfc16e2e624e094a63fe5a69e25f4525c8/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_041.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf396b5ede942106771a96588a1afc6bf84a5fff89a3fa0aa46824778532dacb/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_043.jpg" data-mid="117510600" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf396b5ede942106771a96588a1afc6bf84a5fff89a3fa0aa46824778532dacb/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_043.jpg" /> BRONZES (&amp; BRASS) Homo Sapiens 1960Polished brass50 x 28 x 26 cm Edition of 3When Laenen first started thinking about bronze, he went to the Fonderie Nationale to learn to work with bronze and produce his first works in bronze on the spot. His time at the foundry led him to discover that form could exist in the cavity, i.e. be defined by the absorption of space, and that the polishing of metal was also a means of absorbing space. Collection Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE) Photography:&nbsp;archive Jean-Paul Laenen&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="849" height="1369" width_o="849" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc76765dd24964258a8bbc11682a0e91612440c5a44f7be4142ac18518524f23/BK46_b.jpg" data-mid="139549265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/849/i/dc76765dd24964258a8bbc11682a0e91612440c5a44f7be4142ac18518524f23/BK46_b.jpg" /> <img width="849" height="1369" width_o="849" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0732a0a676df3081ba1c87a6b98ff2ec244fa91eaafb2d30693f02ff560b6643/b.jpg" data-mid="139431983" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/849/i/0732a0a676df3081ba1c87a6b98ff2ec244fa91eaafb2d30693f02ff560b6643/b.jpg" /> Aqua I 1960Polished brass / bronze 31 x 15 x 10 cm Edition of 3 Photography: archive Jean-Paul Laenen <img width="1553" height="1081" width_o="1553" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a39d9d3d08e22c0d6f2aa3c11dd6f6acb26714969d999dcbe8673ff7d3f36a77/Scan_1.jpg" data-mid="139433932" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a39d9d3d08e22c0d6f2aa3c11dd6f6acb26714969d999dcbe8673ff7d3f36a77/Scan_1.jpg" /> <img width="2998" height="2091" width_o="2998" height_o="2091" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88d197ee51b6fd5dd3c5563c81be74ca3253ce800c5c0351f54b9e3ad88462d0/DSCN4197-kopie.JPG" data-mid="219794604" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88d197ee51b6fd5dd3c5563c81be74ca3253ce800c5c0351f54b9e3ad88462d0/DSCN4197-kopie.JPG" /> Aqua II 1960Polished brass / bronze 40 x 12 x 9 cm Edition of 3Photography: archive Jean-Paul Laenen &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1483" height="1032" width_o="1483" height_o="1032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93d3617c535641eb6866d5538e440628ec438179c3e0454a1b61d3beea33f724/Scan_2.jpg" data-mid="139433935" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93d3617c535641eb6866d5538e440628ec438179c3e0454a1b61d3beea33f724/Scan_2.jpg" /> <img width="3940" height="2767" width_o="3940" height_o="2767" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/137df62b885c47be93c537df6c33093bd8f6fd7b02a5c0663cd3248e69c2e0be/IMG_7268_b.jpg" data-mid="139434135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/137df62b885c47be93c537df6c33093bd8f6fd7b02a5c0663cd3248e69c2e0be/IMG_7268_b.jpg" /> Espace-Lumière - Licht-Ruimte 1961Polished brass 50 x 90 x 13 cmEdition of 5 From 1961 onwards, his sculptural vision developed in the sense that the materials he had been using up to that point no longer corresponded to the goal he had set himself. From then on, he found suitable materials in glass, bronze and aluminium, which enabled him to develop his line of research. These experiments thus began in 1961 and show two aspects: firstly, the elaboration of the problem ‘colour/reflection’ - in which he, on the one hand, tried to enrich the volume by adding colour and, on the other hand, tried to work out the dissolving effect of the reflecting matter - secondly his intention was to define the surrounding space, not by the closed mass, but by the ‘emptiness’, the ‘depth’.&nbsp;The works from 1961 and 1962, in which the artist experiments with effects of reflection, transparency, dullness, and mattness or brilliance, are still of rather modest size. (Trans. from “Kanttekeningen bij Overgang, een sculptuur van J.P. Laenen”, H. Bex-Verschaeren, Yearbook 1970, Royal Museum for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Overdruk, 1970) Photography: Dries Van den Brande &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1499" width_o="1500" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bc593c718cb1271cfbb9748b7b17301b812f479d9e39619745fad9251c3968c/080711-0008_foto-DVDB_c.jpg" data-mid="140056361" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bc593c718cb1271cfbb9748b7b17301b812f479d9e39619745fad9251c3968c/080711-0008_foto-DVDB_c.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5add25bec2bf1f51a37e1745ed310c3fef3fb8ae2aca9e3ed1d3905abea3db51/080711-0006.jpg" data-mid="139440072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5add25bec2bf1f51a37e1745ed310c3fef3fb8ae2aca9e3ed1d3905abea3db51/080711-0006.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2db2c4c45008ba0a3ce609e5ccddae9c6bb2a705e4511c6de23156b4c790d55b/080711-0007.jpg" data-mid="139440077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2db2c4c45008ba0a3ce609e5ccddae9c6bb2a705e4511c6de23156b4c790d55b/080711-0007.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4e979eeeca3b7a2d8bce063745656ccf9389e267a74f0aa2a0561f2f9c55e9b/080711-0003.jpg" data-mid="139440066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4e979eeeca3b7a2d8bce063745656ccf9389e267a74f0aa2a0561f2f9c55e9b/080711-0003.jpg" /> Forme-lumière - Licht-vorm 1961Brass, polished on one side, satinated finish on the other92 x 98 x 9 cmEdition of 3 Collection of the Belgian StatePhotography: archive Jean-Paul Laenen <img width="2400" height="1792" width_o="2400" height_o="1792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1007288bcde450eaa491abf0bc7b3232e97a8cf3fb6405fb0c8e54f9154c1d4e/lichtvorm-mat-glansend-2.JPG" data-mid="139440659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1007288bcde450eaa491abf0bc7b3232e97a8cf3fb6405fb0c8e54f9154c1d4e/lichtvorm-mat-glansend-2.JPG" /> <img width="2027" height="1632" width_o="2027" height_o="1632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe3f6e7a41c0ba2016ae2eafdacb9c9e2bf93c7e63e8812539e266a9996d0abb/lichtvorm-mat-glansend-1.JPG" data-mid="139440657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe3f6e7a41c0ba2016ae2eafdacb9c9e2bf93c7e63e8812539e266a9996d0abb/lichtvorm-mat-glansend-1.JPG" /> Relief sur fond noir brillant et blanc mat - Reliëf op glanzend zwart en mat wit 1962Polished brass, lacquer, marbrit 60 x 60 x 6 cm Edition of 3Photography:&nbsp; Dries Van den Brande (left)&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/469fd01702d76ed563d2108ff5e02fdc2bd08b9b19fb63200e546bf412b23afc/080711-0050_foto-DVDB.jpg" data-mid="140062853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/469fd01702d76ed563d2108ff5e02fdc2bd08b9b19fb63200e546bf412b23afc/080711-0050_foto-DVDB.jpg" /> <img width="2966" height="2865" width_o="2966" height_o="2865" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5a6235f86341db66a94090f05af76a85bcf422e0348c03785bdb488e2cf2220/IMG_3959_b.jpg" data-mid="140063389" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5a6235f86341db66a94090f05af76a85bcf422e0348c03785bdb488e2cf2220/IMG_3959_b.jpg" /> <img width="3020" height="3225" width_o="3020" height_o="3225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e8f44f64cb8556faf9eab0120f44444b4968dc9900d5cc0e5220b5d8911f295/IMG_2524-kopie.jpg" data-mid="219344293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e8f44f64cb8556faf9eab0120f44444b4968dc9900d5cc0e5220b5d8911f295/IMG_2524-kopie.jpg" /> <img width="2837" height="3028" width_o="2837" height_o="3028" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e8bee866934b0ebc2191ae563438275c80df4fb55fbfeed274c76aaba7c1c4a/IMG_6159-kopie_b.jpg" data-mid="219794190" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e8bee866934b0ebc2191ae563438275c80df4fb55fbfeed274c76aaba7c1c4a/IMG_6159-kopie_b.jpg" /> ‘ESPACES’ Mouvement concentrique - Concentrische beweging 1963Polished bronze with high copper content, lacquer125 x 120 x 30 cmUnique Collection of Middelheim Museum, AntwerpPhotography: Photos ANTOINE - Berchem, Bruxelles (top left); Inauguration during the Middelheim Biennale, unknown - archive Jean-Paul Laenen (top right, bottom right);&nbsp;Mouvement concentrique in Laenen’s studio in Mechelen, unknown - archive Jean-Paul Laenen (bottom left) <img width="1007" height="1236" width_o="1007" height_o="1236" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce71a1bab44bd84f62a794bf659e70cc19d2ad57c73ccb3b78a3f4524db54356/b.jpg" data-mid="142198635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce71a1bab44bd84f62a794bf659e70cc19d2ad57c73ccb3b78a3f4524db54356/b.jpg" /> <img width="1349" height="1657" width_o="1349" height_o="1657" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9611d9be6cb070a3e064feb676abcc189036c5db7bd26dc6483ba9775360580/Inauguratie-Middelheim_1b.jpg" data-mid="142321318" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9611d9be6cb070a3e064feb676abcc189036c5db7bd26dc6483ba9775360580/Inauguratie-Middelheim_1b.jpg" /> <img width="2427" height="2042" width_o="2427" height_o="2042" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07aac7bc14f6081dac67d56b7fa6f8973add4e145900b4b236245abe0c82f9cc/Mouvement-Concentrique_Atelier-2.jpeg" data-mid="142198676" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07aac7bc14f6081dac67d56b7fa6f8973add4e145900b4b236245abe0c82f9cc/Mouvement-Concentrique_Atelier-2.jpeg" /> <img width="1992" height="1342" width_o="1992" height_o="1342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec0ba7a133e8ee4cbfe9dc5b9faf1574968a9d026caad1bba7419bcf9e3ef93a/Mouvement-Concentrique_Inauguratie-Middelheim_2.jpeg" data-mid="146482032" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec0ba7a133e8ee4cbfe9dc5b9faf1574968a9d026caad1bba7419bcf9e3ef93a/Mouvement-Concentrique_Inauguratie-Middelheim_2.jpeg" /> Transition - Overgang 1964Bronze, lacquerø 140 cm UniqueWith this work I tried to determine the relationship between light and colour in a global spatio-temporal context. The title Transition - Overgang directly refers to the purpose and intent of the work: - the gradual transition in arrays of form/colour - the gradual unison of two specific organisations in an overarching entity - the spatio-temporal shifts and changes in accordance with the movement of the spectator -the relationship of the whole with a specific envirmonment/ light source Movements in shape and colour follow a well-defined scheme (see studies in the posession of the Print Room of The Royal Library of Belgium), while space is put under tension by means of curves and arcs, which bring out a continuity in the overall movement. ( Trans. from the correspondence with the chief conservator of KMSKA, 1970) Collection of KMSKA, Antwerp Photography: unknown - archive Jean-Paul Laenen (top left); the newly restored Transition during the reopening of KMSKA in Sep 2022, © Ilse Roosens (top right); Archive image of the Transition - Overgang in the making in Laenen’s studio in Mechelen, photographer unknown - archive Jean-Paul Laenen (bottom left), Opening of the Middelheim Biennale in the attendance of King Baudouin of Belgium and Mayor Lode Craeybeckx,&nbsp;© Tony Van den Broeck Studies for&nbsp;Transition - OvergangCollection of the Print Room of The Royal Library of Belgium <img width="967" height="1209" width_o="967" height_o="1209" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37c6de5054e4f269575184e349164d23be749cae87a7363e36b53044cf65e64d/Portfolio-JPL_fiches-versie-2012-2b.jpg" data-mid="154212444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/967/i/37c6de5054e4f269575184e349164d23be749cae87a7363e36b53044cf65e64d/Portfolio-JPL_fiches-versie-2012-2b.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1801" width_o="1440" height_o="1801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d13bf06f280238e443253a24994137dc5446c35ca47e30428c546cc79ffb4ee3/Preview-KMSKA_Ilse-Roosens_2.jpg" data-mid="154210005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d13bf06f280238e443253a24994137dc5446c35ca47e30428c546cc79ffb4ee3/Preview-KMSKA_Ilse-Roosens_2.jpg" /> <img width="903" height="1286" width_o="903" height_o="1286" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3b8d36edf04c0b5cc7e0e350e813a8d3d34cf9e7afada4a986a3f349c40b51a/Transition_3_cliche-kopieb.jpg" data-mid="154221940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/903/i/f3b8d36edf04c0b5cc7e0e350e813a8d3d34cf9e7afada4a986a3f349c40b51a/Transition_3_cliche-kopieb.jpg" /> <img width="1375" height="1953" width_o="1375" height_o="1953" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1317e5c7455730383b207c055db240bf77cb2fd31ffd768239d6ad72fb994b51/Transition-Middelheim_bezoek-Boudewijn_inauguratie-Lode-Craeybeckx.jpeg" data-mid="154210063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1317e5c7455730383b207c055db240bf77cb2fd31ffd768239d6ad72fb994b51/Transition-Middelheim_bezoek-Boudewijn_inauguratie-Lode-Craeybeckx.jpeg" /> <img width="3500" height="2587" width_o="3500" height_o="2587" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/749f5515deb4b14a227c93fdaa48d9c14bbb4fb6b3e5bec80aa304a818957edb/IMG_9242.JPG" data-mid="154210092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/749f5515deb4b14a227c93fdaa48d9c14bbb4fb6b3e5bec80aa304a818957edb/IMG_9242.JPG" /> <img width="3500" height="2656" width_o="3500" height_o="2656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb0ed583419df231be546ec3f09105e264e2429b31255b7870ed9f0ab73769ac/IMG_9243.JPG" data-mid="154210093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb0ed583419df231be546ec3f09105e264e2429b31255b7870ed9f0ab73769ac/IMG_9243.JPG" /> <img width="3500" height="2654" width_o="3500" height_o="2654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/428caaece54b5d258569f499bfa7bef63e62bdde0cb47d41360a196e03b7b39d/IMG_9244.JPG" data-mid="154210094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/428caaece54b5d258569f499bfa7bef63e62bdde0cb47d41360a196e03b7b39d/IMG_9244.JPG" /> <img width="3500" height="2661" width_o="3500" height_o="2661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06132822580190e72be7a2935a706f16c158f7e7b6372492628b0c969bdce3d6/IMG_9247.JPG" data-mid="154210095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06132822580190e72be7a2935a706f16c158f7e7b6372492628b0c969bdce3d6/IMG_9247.JPG" /> Wending - Enroulement 1965Polished bronze, satin lacquer, formica, stainless steel47 x 53 x 60 cmUniquePhotography: Galerie La Patinoire Royale, Brussels (top), archive Jean-Paul Laenen (bottom) <img width="1600" height="1068" width_o="1600" height_o="1068" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed9f3cfa100ac7d9d769b9a6cf9050812a843cf54aeee473175296e26570e733/LAENEN-Jean-Paul-Enroulement-1965-.JPG" data-mid="222824720" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed9f3cfa100ac7d9d769b9a6cf9050812a843cf54aeee473175296e26570e733/LAENEN-Jean-Paul-Enroulement-1965-.JPG" /> <img width="1600" height="1068" width_o="1600" height_o="1068" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73f1f70fe26e9a2b4e07d7b50ad220e0761d6bdb782017712b77fb3d868aa3e5/LAENEN-Jean-Paul-Enroulement-1965.JPG" data-mid="222824722" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73f1f70fe26e9a2b4e07d7b50ad220e0761d6bdb782017712b77fb3d868aa3e5/LAENEN-Jean-Paul-Enroulement-1965.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/828090b19a467202533122d542bfb1b282d661cc89e3de9661285b99b79b22ac/IMG_0815.jpeg" data-mid="222824734" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/828090b19a467202533122d542bfb1b282d661cc89e3de9661285b99b79b22ac/IMG_0815.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51e6ba18a5071879a8007802c7137921fe4eec70d7e29b473f484fb439e2895e/IMG_0826.jpeg" data-mid="222825005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51e6ba18a5071879a8007802c7137921fe4eec70d7e29b473f484fb439e2895e/IMG_0826.jpeg" /> Complementaire ruimten - Espaces complémentaires 1966Bronze, lacquer31,5 x 42 x 42 cmUniquePhotography: archive Jean-Paul Laenen <img width="3674" height="2899" width_o="3674" height_o="2899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1df94b5397c65a12e229666b00363f2c7fee792f32865866a2b2335a31fd310/IMG_2557-kopie.jpg" data-mid="219845790" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1df94b5397c65a12e229666b00363f2c7fee792f32865866a2b2335a31fd310/IMG_2557-kopie.jpg" /> Ensemble d’organisations complémentaires - Geheel van complementaire organisaties 1967Aluminium, lacquer270 x 240 x 210 cmUniqueThey are fresh colours, colours reminiscent of a Dutch spring — tulips and hyacinths — more saturated for the slenderest elements, delicately pastelised for the shoots close to the ground. The light modulates them. Those who move around the sculpture discover other colours and, above all, other relationships that modify the visual relations between the elements. Approaching the orange of one of the sides, the green and blue of the other branch take on more intensity; the gradated blues are in harmony with the yellow without being dull; the lilacs and the soft greens come to life because, at the end of their course, they brush against a more intense green. There are twenty-four shades in all, but they are so judiciously distributed that, in its totality, there is no sense of a clash. (Trans. from “Ensemble d’organisations complémentaires”, Francine-Claire Legrand) Collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, BrusselsPhotography: © Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels (top left), unknown - archive Jean-Paul Laenen (others) Colour study for Ensemble d’organisations complémentaires - Geheel van complementaire organisaties1966Pencil, acrylic, Steinbach paper62 x 81 x 3 cm Photography: Patinoire Royale (left) Museum of Modern Art, Brussels - Agora Photography: Ch. Bastin - J.Evrard&nbsp; (right) <img width="1230" height="1736" width_o="1230" height_o="1736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/239d05164e2677ca1531e716b8f83a9c55b9e56949593ff9380428b44bc13747/Ensemble_c-Musees-royaux-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Belgique--Bruxelles.jpeg" data-mid="146481056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/239d05164e2677ca1531e716b8f83a9c55b9e56949593ff9380428b44bc13747/Ensemble_c-Musees-royaux-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Belgique--Bruxelles.jpeg" /> <img width="1764" height="2490" width_o="1764" height_o="2490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d8e37f22627053cfd9fecbbcc35859f809667f0ca5ca7ec633d334875958811/Ensemble_3b.jpg" data-mid="146494103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d8e37f22627053cfd9fecbbcc35859f809667f0ca5ca7ec633d334875958811/Ensemble_3b.jpg" /> <img width="2366" height="3224" width_o="2366" height_o="3224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92e2424b965b0a5cd4884f31b6380970efdc9e615db21c528d7a2218a575241b/IMG_7715b.png" data-mid="146586389" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92e2424b965b0a5cd4884f31b6380970efdc9e615db21c528d7a2218a575241b/IMG_7715b.png" /> <img width="2590" height="3539" width_o="2590" height_o="3539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e234d071f9f5accadc57edcf01317a02b1f90594cbdbf31b0e75c9c1354b962c/IMG_7716c.png" data-mid="146588130" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e234d071f9f5accadc57edcf01317a02b1f90594cbdbf31b0e75c9c1354b962c/IMG_7716c.png" /> <img width="1600" height="1206" width_o="1600" height_o="1206" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/785aa21a80cd0e51afc0f941a7c587486940d60c3e5b9cbe18be25521ef02897/_LAB7733.JPG" data-mid="146486679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/785aa21a80cd0e51afc0f941a7c587486940d60c3e5b9cbe18be25521ef02897/_LAB7733.JPG" /> <img width="1673" height="1219" width_o="1673" height_o="1219" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5f5958cf16c82af3838f4bca2ab39eb3925b985e1c3136d1870edbf6138c481/Ensemble_Musee-d-Art-Moderne---Agora_photo-Ch.-Bastin---J.-Evrard_b.jpg" data-mid="146494228" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5f5958cf16c82af3838f4bca2ab39eb3925b985e1c3136d1870edbf6138c481/Ensemble_Musee-d-Art-Moderne---Agora_photo-Ch.-Bastin---J.-Evrard_b.jpg" /> https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Biography Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:27:18 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Biography <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48f4ff2d56938b13b70de942797e7f5a6db605faf16f808ce6e5f93bdfd83f67/IMG_4884.jpg" data-mid="117249979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48f4ff2d56938b13b70de942797e7f5a6db605faf16f808ce6e5f93bdfd83f67/IMG_4884.jpg" /> Invitation Jean-Paul Laenen, Kunstgalerij Kauterveerne, 15/10 - 20/11/94 <img width="2689" height="1724" width_o="2689" height_o="1724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b73b1f045653fa91571ae84802b16546f45a3094c70b134c1c539d5702dd610/palais-ds-beaux-arts-bxl--65-5.jpg" data-mid="117248853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b73b1f045653fa91571ae84802b16546f45a3094c70b134c1c539d5702dd610/palais-ds-beaux-arts-bxl--65-5.jpg" /> Invitation Jean-Paul Laenen, Museum of Fine Arts of Brussels 09/12 - 21/12/65 <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f88ded61c1b76d769b16f4b0c8f022c469656775e4c92cd012f41a1d7aedf14/IMG_5036-kopie.jpg" data-mid="117248693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f88ded61c1b76d769b16f4b0c8f022c469656775e4c92cd012f41a1d7aedf14/IMG_5036-kopie.jpg" /> Poster of Le Nord au Sud, Musée Cantini, Marseille, 29/05 - 15/09/72 <img width="3157" height="2232" width_o="3157" height_o="2232" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bb59ad1da78c019f0d83fa6f4d9cb4294d92fcde1c4623bc93d565a51b200e4/07_krokus-biennale-venetie-kopie.jpg" data-mid="117507201" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bb59ad1da78c019f0d83fa6f4d9cb4294d92fcde1c4623bc93d565a51b200e4/07_krokus-biennale-venetie-kopie.jpg" /> Exhibition view Krokus, La Storia di un Malinteso,&nbsp;XXXVII Venice Biennale, 1976 <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e50ec528729f16482f4994bf53cd79ad984a0e4104dfc4c5cf9b35e2273801ce/IMG_2157c.jpg" data-mid="241602726" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e50ec528729f16482f4994bf53cd79ad984a0e4104dfc4c5cf9b35e2273801ce/IMG_2157c.jpg" /> Catalogue of the Belgian Pavilion of the XXXVII Venice Biennale <img width="2409" height="3435" width_o="2409" height_o="3435" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33378dd7c1858fcf03d30af3189a42d854fb61069924746d1c0c2dd49d4aa080/10-06-1610062016_0001.jpg" data-mid="148451973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33378dd7c1858fcf03d30af3189a42d854fb61069924746d1c0c2dd49d4aa080/10-06-1610062016_0001.jpg" /> Page from the catalogue of Kunst in de lucht, vliegers door kunstenaars - Peintures pour le ciel, cerfs-volants d’artistes,&nbsp;Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, 1991 JEAN-PAUL LAENEN (1931 - 2012, Mechelen/ Malines, BE) SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1965&nbsp; &nbsp;Jean-Paul Laenen, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE 1967 &nbsp; A.P.I.A.W., Liège, BE 1968 &nbsp; Koninklijk Atheneum, Keerbergen, BE 1969 &nbsp; Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE 1970 &nbsp; Beneluxhuis, ’S Gravenhage, BE 1982 &nbsp; Jean-Paul Laenen, Enkele werken van 1960 tot 1982, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, BE 1983&nbsp; &nbsp;Vorm, Ruimte, Grafiek, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans, Edegem, BE 1992&nbsp; &nbsp;Jean-Paul Laenen, Retrospective, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE 1993 &nbsp; Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE1994&nbsp; &nbsp;Jean-Paul Laenen, Kunstgalerij Kauterveerne, St.-Katelijne-Waver, BE 1996 &nbsp; Intra muros, Binnenfort, Fort V, Edegem, BE1997&nbsp; &nbsp;Réflexions et réfractions,&nbsp;La tour des cardinaux art gallery, Isle sur La Sorgue, FR 2002 &nbsp; La tour des cardinaux art gallery, Isle sur La Sorgue, FR 2006 &nbsp; Jean-Paul Laenen in Lamot, een ontdekkingstocht, double exhibition, Lamot-Erfgoed Mechelen and &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Stedelijke Musea Mechelen, BE BIENNIALS &amp; TRIENNIALS1962 &nbsp; III International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, IT 1965 &nbsp; IV Biennale of Paris, FR &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; VIII Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE 1968 &nbsp; I Triennale of Bruges, BE 1969 &nbsp; I Biennale of Colonster, Liège, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; X Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; II Triennale of the Southern Netherlands, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL 1970 &nbsp; XXXV Venice Biennale, IT 1971 &nbsp; II Triennale of Bruges, BE 1976 &nbsp; XXXVII Venice Biennale, IT 1985 &nbsp; XVIII Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp, BE GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1954 &nbsp; Academia Belgica, Rome, IT 1960 &nbsp; 22 jonge Mechelse kunstenaars stellen tentoon, Cultureel Centrum Mechelen, BE 1962 &nbsp; First presentation of the Maeterlinck design competition, La Louvière, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Getuigenis 62, Ghent, BE 1963 &nbsp; Galerie Le Balai, Uccle, BE 1964 &nbsp; Prix de la Jeune Peinture, Jeune Sculpture Belge 63, Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;XVIe Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, FR &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sculpture Belge Contemporaine, travelling exhibition, Avionpuits, Liège and Mons, BE 1965 &nbsp; Contact, Galerie Disque rouge, Brussels, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Artistes Belges Contemporains, Lausanne, CH &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Aspecten van de Belgische Kunst, Galerie Aux bateliers, Brussels, BE 1966 &nbsp; Hulde aan Vantongerloo, initiated by M.Bilcke, Galerie Montjoie, Brussels, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sculpteurs belges et leurs dessins, travelling exhibition, Liège, Namur and Mons, BE 1967 &nbsp; Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE 1968 &nbsp; Kunstbezit in ieders bereik, Mechelen, BE 1969 &nbsp; Deelnemende Belgische Kunstenaars Biënnale Venetië, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sculpture Contemporaine, Parc Petit, Péruwelz, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Belgian Sculpture, Lisbon, PT &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Beelden in het Zuidpark, Ghent, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Facetten van de Jonge Vlaamse Kunst, travelling exhibition, Ghent, Hasselt and Nieuwpoort, BE 1970 &nbsp; Sculpture Contemporaine, Annevoie, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Réouverture du musée de Mons, Mons, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Belgian Art from 1960 to 1970, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mens en Beeld, Pauscollege, Leuven, BE 1971 &nbsp; Ten Belgian Artists, travelling exhibition, US (1971-72) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sculpture Contemporaine, Parc du Musée, Spa, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Hedendaagse Tekeningen, Stedelijk Casino, Blankenberge, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Prijs van de Kritiek, travelling exhibition, Palais des Beaux Arts, Charleroi and ICC Antwerp, BE1972 &nbsp; Le Nord au Sud, 25 ans d’art en Belgique (1947-1972), Musée Cantini, Marseille, FR &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Belgische Kunstenaars, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Artistes Belges, Galerie Motte, Geneva, CH 1973&nbsp; &nbsp; Jonge plastiek uit België, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Travelling exhibitions Openbaar Kunstbezit and Pro Civitate, BE1975 &nbsp; Final Group Exhibition, Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, BE 1976 &nbsp; Fête 76, Jambes, BE 1979&nbsp; &nbsp;De jaren 60, kunst in België, Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;75 jaar Mechelse Kunst, Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE 1980 &nbsp; 35 ans de l’A.P.I.A.W., Liège, BE 1981 &nbsp; Naar en in het landschap, ICC Antwerp, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Intégration 1, Musée de Louvain-La-Neuve, BE 1982 &nbsp; Kunst in de Metro - Art dans le Métro, Centrum - Centre Anneessens, Brussels, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3 Oeuvres Monumentales, Sart Tilman, Liège, BE1985&nbsp; &nbsp;Santiago de Compostela hic et nunc, Europalia 85 Espana, Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, BE 1990 &nbsp; METROART, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR 1991 &nbsp; Het vorstenportret op munt en biljet 1830-1991, National Bank of Belgium, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Kunst in de lucht, vliegers door kunstenaars, travelling exhibition initiated by the Goethe Institut,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Osaka, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE 1992 &nbsp; Achtste Kunstsalon, Hamme, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Madrid, Cultural Capital of Europe, project in collaboration with groep Planning 1998 &nbsp; Een kunstgreep omtrent 1968, Cultureel Centrum A. Spinoy, Mechelen, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;20 jaar Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans, Huis Hellemans, Edegem, BE 2001 &nbsp; In de verbeelding van de ruimte, duo exhibition with Bart Decq, Museum Schepenhuis and its &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; surroundings, Mechelen, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Zie je wel, kunst in de Anderlechtse metro, Galerij De Rinck, Anderlecht (Brussels), BE 2004 &nbsp; Désirs d’ailleurs, Exposition de sculptures monumentales, Les Jardins de Poppy - La Bastide Rose, Le &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thor, FR 2009 &nbsp; Beelden &amp; Juwelen op den IJzerenberg, Winksele, BE 2010 &nbsp; Niet van gisteren, een generatie kunstenaars in Mechelen (1945-1975), Cultureel Centrum Mechelen, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;BE POSTHUMOUS EXHIBITIONS 2012 &nbsp; La Monnaie-du-pape, une oeuvre du sculpteur Jean-Paul Laenen, Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, FR &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (solo) 2013 &nbsp; De Modernen. Avant Garde, Koningin Fabiolazaal (Collection KMSKA), Antwerp, BE 2015 &nbsp; Uitverkoren,&nbsp; Koningin Fabiolazaal (Collection KMSKA), Antwerp, BE 2017 &nbsp; Sculpting Belgium, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, BE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Luxembourg Art Week, La Patinoire Royale / Galerie Valérie Bach, BE 2019 &nbsp; PAD Paris, Galerie Patrick Fourtin, FR 2024&nbsp; &nbsp;Shapes &amp; Spaces: Post-war Belgian Sculptures, Espace Constantin Chariot, Brussels, BE COLLECTIONS Collection of the Belgian State&nbsp; KMSKA, Antwerp Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels Goethe Institute Osaka Le Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée de la Fédération Wallonie‑Bruxelles (CGII), La Louvière Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp&nbsp; Middelheim promotors, Antwerp Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp Mu.ZEE, Ostend&nbsp; National Bank of Belgium, Brussels Stedelijke Musea Mechelen Université de Liège Collection Patrimonium vzw Huis Hellemans, Edegem PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/ PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACE 1962 &nbsp; La vie des abeilles, Maurice Maeterlinck-monument, collection of the University of Sart Tilman, Liège, BE (realised: 1974) 1967 &nbsp; Cross for the church of O.L.V. bijstand, Deurne-Noord (arch. A. Hoppenbrouwers), BE 1969 &nbsp; Lucernario, commissioned by arch. bOb Van Reeth, Ascona, CH 1972 &nbsp; Temporary intervention in Musée Cantini, Marseille, FR 1973 &nbsp; Dymphnarium, in collaboration with Marcel Smets and Bob Van Reeth for Krokus 1, werkgroep voor de rehabilitatie van het stedelijk milieu, Mechelen, BE 1978 &nbsp; Metrorama 78, photomontage for the Aumale metro station, Anderlecht, Brussels, BE (realised: 1982) 1979 &nbsp; Design for the chapel of the H-Hartkliniek, in collaboration with glazier G. Massinon, Tienen, BE (realised: 1980) 1981 &nbsp; La Tour Kaléidoscopique, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, BE 1982 &nbsp; Acquisition and installation of Rust (1952) by de Mechelse Goedkope Woning and design of its environment, Jubellaan, Mechelen, BE1984-85 &nbsp; Winning design for the Belgian 5 Francs coin, Royal Mint of Belgium, BE. Later used for the fifty Francs coin. (production: 1988) 1985 &nbsp; Boanerges-Santiago de Compostella, commissioned by Europalia Spain 1986-88 &nbsp; Hermes and Athena, public sculpture for the EHSAL building, Stormstraat, Brussels, BE (arch. A. Hoppenbrouwers) 1988 &nbsp; Rode draad, project for the courtyard of the European Parliament, Brussels, BE (S.B.B.M. &amp; Six Construct - Artedon) 1988-91 &nbsp; De draad van Ariadne - Le Fil d’Ariane, project for the European Parliament, Belliardstraat, Brussels, BE (arch. groep Planning)1990&nbsp; &nbsp;Design Le dernier carré, Commemorative medal for the Battle of Waterloo, commissioned by 's Rijks Munt (Royal Dutch Mint), NL 1991 &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; X-portiek, post sorting centre Antwerpen X, Antwerp, BE (arch. Van Hoecke en partners) 1998-2000 &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; La Méridienne, design inner courtyard and sculptural intervention, administrative centre Tractabel Electrabel, Schaarbeek, BE 1999-2000 &nbsp; Design public square and fountains, in collaboration with Dirk Janssen and Sylvie Laenen, IJzerenleen, Mechelen, BE2000&nbsp; &nbsp;Design Belgian Millennium Set, set of silver commemorative medals, Royal Mint of Belgium, BE 2011 &nbsp; Monument L. Van Beethoven, Lamot site, Mechelen, BE 2009-12 &nbsp; 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 https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Bibliography Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:26:37 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Bibliography Under construction &nbsp;D O C U EEN EEUW ARCHITECTUUR IN BELGIE 1875 - 1975 Jef Cornelis Belgium, 1976 Colour, 35’ In the final chapter of this retrospective on 100 years of architecture in Belgium by&nbsp;Jef Cornelis and Geert Bekaert, Laenen’s house in Mechelen is shown as an example of a new movement within contemporary architecture. <img width="3000" height="2356" width_o="3000" height_o="2356" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e76b87a3339755cd1020e1492dfada490fdc804639f8e72be66b6fbef17bd53/Schermafbeelding-2016-10-16-om-23.31.45.png" data-mid="116526694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e76b87a3339755cd1020e1492dfada490fdc804639f8e72be66b6fbef17bd53/Schermafbeelding-2016-10-16-om-23.31.45.png" /> <img width="3000" height="2042" width_o="3000" height_o="2042" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49907545b0bdb0e973f030a181daef3e05b2c35b93f14c4b74252f10a81e5471/Schermafbeelding-2016-10-16-om-23.32.02.png" data-mid="116526701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49907545b0bdb0e973f030a181daef3e05b2c35b93f14c4b74252f10a81e5471/Schermafbeelding-2016-10-16-om-23.32.02.png" /> <img width="3000" height="2244" width_o="3000" height_o="2244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c87f1c2fa6e00540e34e16907d2dce80304c94ede6424a1d52b9864fe64f922b/Schermafbeelding-2016-10-16-om-23.33.33.png" data-mid="116526702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c87f1c2fa6e00540e34e16907d2dce80304c94ede6424a1d52b9864fe64f922b/Schermafbeelding-2016-10-16-om-23.33.33.png" /> https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Projects-Collaborations Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:27:19 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Projects-Collaborations On this page we will be sharing current projects and collaborations. Focussing on different aspects of Laenen’s work and legacy. &nbsp;&nbsp; The deconstruction of Studio II, a collaboration with Philip Angermaier, Niko Dockx, Rien Schellemans, Jackson Shallcross-Platt, Jeannette Slütter, Ersi Varveri, Gijs Waterschoot, and Yi Zhang. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f510773de34eb033533a7ed2afe754efc0303e9868bc8fe2e5c558116f59e48e/_DSC9889.jpg" data-mid="143393396" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f510773de34eb033533a7ed2afe754efc0303e9868bc8fe2e5c558116f59e48e/_DSC9889.jpg" />© Ersi Varveri/ Pink House Press What started as a series of conversations with Nico Dockx and Judith Wielander (Expanding Academy), quickly turned into a one-week workshop, which took place in October 2021 and was centred around the ‘deconstruction’ of Laenen’s former studio in Mechelen. Conceived as a light-weight structure leaning against the historical city walls surrounding the garden and courtyard, this two-storey studio space overlooking the roofs of the old beguinage of Mechelen was built and designed by Laenen in the 70s. He later moved his studio to the garage located at the other end of the garden.&nbsp; <img width="1545" height="1046" width_o="1545" height_o="1046" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/813c8a6f4f95c55cfcbb74fd310d074b2bd2b650016ce1970669be45bf4733b9/A2-4c.jpg" data-mid="143434647" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/813c8a6f4f95c55cfcbb74fd310d074b2bd2b650016ce1970669be45bf4733b9/A2-4c.jpg" /> <img width="2020" height="1365" width_o="2020" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4168e8647bf81bb3fe1ef03c7e91df6f26e4167a8e4dacee1699d470e65a75a1/A2-10bb.jpg" data-mid="143434747" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4168e8647bf81bb3fe1ef03c7e91df6f26e4167a8e4dacee1699d470e65a75a1/A2-10bb.jpg" /> <img width="2045" height="1421" width_o="2045" height_o="1421" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15b5b8697cedcaa661b68a539f9fe59e5e5c68951bac1e9a334910abb4c49ffe/A2-5bb.jpg" data-mid="143434744" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15b5b8697cedcaa661b68a539f9fe59e5e5c68951bac1e9a334910abb4c49ffe/A2-5bb.jpg" /> <img width="1516" height="1055" width_o="1516" height_o="1055" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59d02bb4ee28d0e46c3f087df919277fc0ac7cfc243eed6fcf8c73b344b40a1a/A2-4b.jpg" data-mid="143434725" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59d02bb4ee28d0e46c3f087df919277fc0ac7cfc243eed6fcf8c73b344b40a1a/A2-4b.jpg" /> Images: © Jean-Paul Laenen Estate Unfortunately the condition of this construction - which, together with the renovation of the house, was put forward by Jef Cornelis as an example of a new movement in, and ‘new hope’ for, architecture in Belgium in his documentary&nbsp;EEN EEUW ARCHITECTUUR IN BELGIE 1875 - 1975 (A Century of Architecture in Belgium 1875 - 1975)&nbsp;in 1976 - had deteriorated substantially over the years, forcing us to take action.&nbsp; With Nico Dockx we conceived a one-week workshop that would serve as a testcase, an opportunity to dissect and study the construction by dismantling it. What followed was a week of intense labour, deconstruction on steroids, equally franctic documenting, continuous cooking, shared meals, stimulating exchanges, the occasional fire-making session, early mornings, and late night conversations - step one in what we hope can be a series of workshops, reconstructing and rethinking the temporary structure in the particular context of this site.&nbsp; <img width="1424" height="1031" width_o="1424" height_o="1031" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebd094a9604f5eb3da87b24d1e24179e23446339416f4e0a285f1b60b571cf7d/Archiefbeelden-Atelier-II_3b.jpg" data-mid="144802277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebd094a9604f5eb3da87b24d1e24179e23446339416f4e0a285f1b60b571cf7d/Archiefbeelden-Atelier-II_3b.jpg" /> <img width="1867" height="1354" width_o="1867" height_o="1354" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1bab6e1f23f22d813f2c459ac922cd19befce165f336c4da32895dd5d1f100e/Archiefbeelden-Atelier-II-1c.jpg" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a358c767dd298f319c48103ae3378339a26bebeaaacea3ace748d39b6ad1c632/IMG_4211.JPG" data-mid="117325284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a358c767dd298f319c48103ae3378339a26bebeaaacea3ace748d39b6ad1c632/IMG_4211.JPG" /> Jean-Paul Laenen (Mechelen, 19 June 1931–14 April 2012) was a Belgian artist. He was predominantly known for his many sculptural works (among them, Ariadne’s Thread in the European Quarter in Brussels), as the designer of the penultimate Belgian five-franc coin and as a founding member of the multidisciplinary (architectural) workgroup KROKUS with architect bOb van Reeth and urban planner Marcel Smets, a group that focused on the rehabilitation of neglected neighbourhoods, most notably the historical city centre of Mechelen. Laenen lived and worked in Mechelen all his life. His house and studio are located on a site that historically served as a bleaching field for one of the city’s old beguinages. Laenen was introduced to the site by his father, a Volvo dealer that saw the then wasteland as an ideal location for the construction of a new garage. A house lay vacant on the plot. It had an inner courtyard and several small annexes. Leanen proposed to temporarily occupy these and, over the years, as his father fruitlessly tried to obtain a building permit, Laenen slowly transformed it into his home and cultivated the wasteland, turning it into a flourishing green garden. Mechelen was his everyday sanctuary. In the 1980s he had the opportunity to buy a ruin in the South of France, an area he had fallen deeply in love with twenty years earlier and where he went on to build his second home and studio. During the next decades, he would divide his time between Mechelen and Provence. After Laenen died, his daughter and granddaughter managed his estate. They are currently engaged in the protection of the cultural heritage he left behind in Mechelen (and Provence), making it the place it is today. One aspect of the heritage are the works he left behind, the other is the private world behind them. For visitors and aspiring artists alike, it is a unique experience to encounter a place that opens up the artist’s inner world as it does in Mechelen. You are invited into his deep love for place and to see how it not only was present in his art, but also merged with his life through his garden and house. Like the acquired sculptural details he scattered about the garden, the large wooden sculpture by the bathroom or the creature in black mosaic executed directly on the living room wall. The following story is based on many nights in Mechelen coloured by Provence, in cause and effect by friendship, art and quarantine. JPL ‘What he meant to say is not there, for he understood something else, something that was all-embracing, and he could not say it in words but only by living as he did.’1 Casts and cars Early summer wipes the perspiring forehead of a casino, an awkward body towering on the outskirts of the city, on the fringe of branded nostalgia and Big Macs. We observe its striving outlook from a frituur across the street before we turn our backs on it and run our fingers by a lazy hinged steel gate whose fence has been swallowed by wild growing ivy and hops. Generations pass the ebb and flow of the deep-fried air as we open the gate and reach the entrance five steps in. Number 43, a light-blue faintly chipped wooden door in a car garage. Inquisitive pink roses guard the threshold and nip at our hair as we lean in to knock. They clearly question our intentions but let go as the door opens and we are greeted inside. Our host steps back, we step in and behold the scene that plays out inside as the years fall into place. The space is engulfed in sun that streams past a tall hedge of rampant lush bamboo waving at us from the windows in the back. The narrow strips of light glide through the leaves, pass the glass as if one and the same, bounce off the walls and embrace the space in a soft yellow, primula kind of light. The old garage appears weightless in this state, perforated by rays that swallow the continuous sound of passing cars as we close the door. It’s been a long time. – Decades, nods the mechanic. He grabs a wrench from the wall in the adjacent room and enters the pit through a trapdoor. The garage eventually moved on to a man that years later leaned back in a large armchair as an artist and gave shape to the white sheet added a decade later by his daughter. She plugged in the radio when he left and scrubbed the walls in the company of her daughter. Sanctuaries take generations, from foundation to creation to living heritage. Even in times where hours pass faster than we scroll, the second doesn’t exist without the first. Dust-laden rays continue their work, sprinkling sunshine on busts and models neatly positioned inside the garage. Some are recognizable as finished sculptures, others try-outs and sketches while others still are architectural scale models. A feather straightens its back two metres tall, another is held by a tiny pipe, and a hand points without fingers. There are postcards of places, goats and mirrored people, loved ones, lost ones and trails of thought. Covered or displayed. Remembered or forgotten, broken or complete. Tires and tubes, moulds of plaster and silicone thought up in wax, paper and paint, cared for and displayed. They are on the same wavelength as the car garage, the atelier and the monument. Hidden in plain sight alongside the ancient city wall and the bursting cherry tree. From the garage we enter the office whose radio, once on, becomes its trusted companion. A tiny kitchen opens up into another part of the garage where a series of plinths with various heads line the wall. Parallel to the office, running back to the main space lies the workshop that holds tools and materials in place, measuring and making ready for lawnmowers and side tables, casts and cars.&nbsp; Nature morte At night the thin slender leaves turn black against the starry sky and the traffic slows down and leaves the space to the recurring soft but intense cry of territorial cats and glimmering trails of gravity defying brown snails on their quest to devour herbs. From the garage out back we are invited into the garden. Once a wasteland, it is now a green dreamscape running from the garage on one end to the house on the other. A sanctuary for birds, cats, bees and mosquitoes, a curiously rich flora hosting some thirty different kinds of trees, a myriad of flowers, other plants and occasional herbs from the naturalized to the wild side of bugs and odd conversations. We pick leaves of lemon balm, a lover of bees, and bring it to the kitchen where the Mother of Vinegars was fed wine some fifty years ago. The deep red brownish lump, the perfectly failed alcoholic has seen some cooking throughout the years. It has aged well in the big transparent glass jar on top of the little wooden shelf above the sink. It’s kept safe, still breathing among buttered bottles and glistening oils. Hot water brings lemon to a cup of tea in the garden. To live is to continue, to be alive or have life. To be kept in a particular place. To breathe, sense and taste thyme, sun and the mosaic on the wall. Lean back into the pulse of a still life of ashtrays on the windowsill, sink into a yellow metal chair and take a drag of an assemblage of your own making, a pure nature morte with a mortar of lemon, squid and parsley and a frostbitten glass of rosé. Baby basil To rest is to (cause someone or something to) stop a particular activity or stop being active for a period of time in order to relax and get your strength back: to watch the sunset below the large leaves of a fig tree with the skin of its fruit beneath your nails and its juice on your tongue.&nbsp; Living the image of his hat under a parasol, soft yellow and red tomatoes are cut, boiled, savoured and sent bopping among baby basil. On the grounds of delicate skin shed by a summer snake, ants organize meat from the previous night across the dusty patch below the breakfast table. Rocks resurface as sausages and line wooden boards. We place them as we rest on the steps to trim herbs while espressos rumble in the back. To rest is also to lie or lean on something. On a chest, a folded towel or the breeze on the edge of a self-cleansing pool. To put something on something else so that its weight is supported: like a rugged stone holding a slim glass. To remain in a particular state or place and listen to nights filled with moons and stars, constellations above roaming collections of sounds that fill the trees after dark. Warm polished wood We exhale and come back to our tea on a stroll through the house where we gaze at trinkets and memories gathered through thousands everyday. It’s rare to be invited into decades of thought all at once. Her body is round and soft, one large piece of warm polished wood. Her head is an oval shoulder and her arms merge with her body and her legs become a wave that disappears in the tiled floor. We meet her on the way to the bathroom. She is solid and has aged well. Pastis Resistance is refusing to accept something, something that stops or makes progress slower, an attitude or action preventing flow. We have come to view resistance as a bump, an annoyance, like grass in the ski slope or unfamiliar opinions, things in need of elimination. Resistance is rather a skill, an art of continuous practice. Impatience sighs and looks for affirmative nods. Without resistance we would have destroyed the planet long ago. Resistance is to progress what air is to life. It is a force that asks for attention, persistence and care. It is seeing without getting blinded, tasting without swallowing, resisting a trillion for a tree and knowing when to run, when to walk and when to stop altogether. In the garden, sculptures have crawled into place between Lawson cypress and copper beech in what once was a Beguine left in oblivion before it was discovered and cared for with curiosity and patient resilience. Art, baccarat and blackjack. Resistance is often powered by photosynthesis and pastis. ‘Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. “There is the blueprint”, they say.’2 1. Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees, trans. Archibald Colquhoun, Ana Goldstein (Boston, US: Mariner Books, 1977). 2. Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, trans. William Weaver (San Diego, US: Harcourt, 1974). The political worksIn collaboration with photographer Kristien Daem, we have assembled a series of works spanning different periods of Laenen’s practice. These works essentially arose from of a sense of distress, a personal urge, and gutteral reaction to the news reports and international events that took place during the artist’s lifetime. While they largely remained studio works and part of the artist’s personal realm until the day of his death, they are an important part of his practice. This is the first time they will be given a public platform. &nbsp; Part of Laenen’s early works, Le Disparu or De Vermiste, is a memorial to the Jewish deportations which is tightly connected to a childhood memory of the sound of passing trains coming through his bedroom window, trains departing from the nearby Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen/ Malines.&nbsp; <img width="2515" height="3780" width_o="2515" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/734ed6bac13d14d3ed0cec81e78daee75fbff88f448826a29f8af0f4f4d09ec9/161227-253.jpg" data-mid="116959390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/734ed6bac13d14d3ed0cec81e78daee75fbff88f448826a29f8af0f4f4d09ec9/161227-253.jpg" /> <img width="2515" height="3780" width_o="2515" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e9331e582966a5c65725093d1c4b9309e9011eb5d8f1cf1964992feb1dd99c4/161227-262.jpg" data-mid="116959422" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e9331e582966a5c65725093d1c4b9309e9011eb5d8f1cf1964992feb1dd99c4/161227-262.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, Le Disparu - De Vermiste, 1957, bronze and steel, 48 x 22 x 20 cm. Photography ©Dries Van den Brande This series of over 20 drawings titled La Polonaise was an immediate reaction to the political unrest in Poland. On December 13th, 1981, Martial law was introduced in Poland, restricting the everyday life of the Polish citizens and leading to political imprisonment and numerous deaths of opposition activists. The repitition of a female figure - outstreched neck, releasing a primal scream - moves between rage, desperation, defeat, and terror.These drawings eventually led to a sculpture carrying the same title. <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7d864a8a0f09f8438d5c219bfa3c3e133fc6ebabf4c94febe9216b68fc46999/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_053.jpg" data-mid="117334209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7d864a8a0f09f8438d5c219bfa3c3e133fc6ebabf4c94febe9216b68fc46999/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_053.jpg" /> <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a369c04102d19c7b3b319af6225cc935f808e6deadddb1aab398b7a6e040095/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_058.jpg" data-mid="117334224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a369c04102d19c7b3b319af6225cc935f808e6deadddb1aab398b7a6e040095/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_058.jpg" /> <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/238b2b5406846555831530e90036dbfec89617b86bd8c0693073a40fb57f14d1/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_056.jpg" data-mid="117334217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/238b2b5406846555831530e90036dbfec89617b86bd8c0693073a40fb57f14d1/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_056.jpg" /> <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3303ac3cbf9dcdba38277cd746baaaa915f57281ade7fa98dbdd44d1a9155fce/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_057.jpg" data-mid="117334219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3303ac3cbf9dcdba38277cd746baaaa915f57281ade7fa98dbdd44d1a9155fce/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_057.jpg" /> <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6f2a5d443f0de4b1ab4d7ca274aa8b99b1e80deb14a61ebb7bc6fc0a2eee8cf/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_050.jpg" data-mid="117334203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6f2a5d443f0de4b1ab4d7ca274aa8b99b1e80deb14a61ebb7bc6fc0a2eee8cf/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_050.jpg" /> <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3431ec4ecbdf62efe8ec36c9a33f568b328f64a8743588bb2048f1800752af9e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_051.jpg" data-mid="117334206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3431ec4ecbdf62efe8ec36c9a33f568b328f64a8743588bb2048f1800752af9e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_051.jpg" /> <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/311628edac79ec4cc2d5533e0f254697cc78dcac378e0653ec021a4017742eb4/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_055.jpg" data-mid="117334215" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/311628edac79ec4cc2d5533e0f254697cc78dcac378e0653ec021a4017742eb4/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_055.jpg" /> <img width="7216" height="5412" width_o="7216" height_o="5412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd3dace79fa50721dca10abfaad32c6c91c9c286d544209350a2ec3b429a4526/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_054.jpg" data-mid="117334211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd3dace79fa50721dca10abfaad32c6c91c9c286d544209350a2ec3b429a4526/Jean-Paul-Laenen_highres_054.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, La Polonaise, December 1981, ink on paper. Photography ©Kristien Daem Originally intended for bronze, La Polonaise, 1982, remained in its raw state: a plaster cast fixed on a steel structure with a wooden base. A torn figure, arm outstreched in thin air. <img width="3780" height="2515" width_o="3780" height_o="2515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6f7d32fb821b8d4861d55c8c886eb37f0252bfb4344642849fc32568e4c6975/161227-137.jpg" data-mid="117338116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6f7d32fb821b8d4861d55c8c886eb37f0252bfb4344642849fc32568e4c6975/161227-137.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, La Polonaise, 1982, plaster, steel, wood. Photography ©Dries Van den Brande This series of drawings was kept as a personal diary during the Kosovo War, based on daily news reports and drawn on leftover paper. <img width="1487" height="1500" width_o="1487" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9c1f64cf1e969160f0ad009888848ff0c863658ed96084401e5e249a6ca221c/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_003.jpg" data-mid="116896859" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9c1f64cf1e969160f0ad009888848ff0c863658ed96084401e5e249a6ca221c/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_003.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, Untitled, c. 1999, ink and pastel on paper, 17,8 x 10,8 cm, series of 35 drawings. Photography ©Kristien Daem Kosovo: Parce que is the only sketch of the ‘Kosovo’ series that was realised as a large scale pastel with different stages of the sketch and the source image still visible in the margins. <img width="1126" height="1500" width_o="1126" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ed738542ec0b51a31b27532e00e6b789b8256be1bfed278de33dcfad1639ca4/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_002.jpg" data-mid="116896858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ed738542ec0b51a31b27532e00e6b789b8256be1bfed278de33dcfad1639ca4/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_002.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, Kosovo: Parce que, 1999, pastel on paper, 106 x 79 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem In the spring of 2003 Laenen made the ‘C.’ series, a series of 6 panels based on the military invasion of Baghdad and the international politics surrounding it. While the first half of this series remains an abstraction, predominantly focusing the increasingly threatening nocturnal skies of a besieged city, the military and political realm move to foreground in the second part of the series, making way for tanks, presidents, and confused territorial maps. <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc164410913c93ee7134a13980e168c57cb60914a15c5de82776feebfa2824ec/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_014.jpg" data-mid="116897166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc164410913c93ee7134a13980e168c57cb60914a15c5de82776feebfa2824ec/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_014.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4edd7088ab2a21bc43991661ac56c0d81b12a21a73e04b5c1b350d36b4c7964/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_015.jpg" data-mid="116897168" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4edd7088ab2a21bc43991661ac56c0d81b12a21a73e04b5c1b350d36b4c7964/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_015.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, C. 1: (Nuages au Carré ) Aube du 12 Mars 2003 (Bagdad Prélude), March 2003, pastel on panel, 50 x 50 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fccfcc6c5db6f9bffe7157d787390066d8fa871b212265df44517e10a1e18ce/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_010.jpg" data-mid="116897160" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fccfcc6c5db6f9bffe7157d787390066d8fa871b212265df44517e10a1e18ce/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_010.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffec3e3ac6dff226cc97286955d8a1e43b6f73e9c5cccc3cd72619ed4eca1140/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_011.jpg" data-mid="116897161" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffec3e3ac6dff226cc97286955d8a1e43b6f73e9c5cccc3cd72619ed4eca1140/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_011.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, C. 2: Nuages au Carré (Bagdad Prélude) [prélude de nocturne voilé du 17-03-2003], 12 March 2003, pastel on panel, 50 x 50 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c61aa78c890a52a3bbc63573cbc7cfcf405c946fed7e2b285995f2458b847174/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_008.jpg" data-mid="116897157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c61aa78c890a52a3bbc63573cbc7cfcf405c946fed7e2b285995f2458b847174/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_008.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f59629e26c639bfbe4c8b0e7efb23c19a358f75a5927d99b1ec61e9d858c5ff9/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_009.jpg" data-mid="116897158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f59629e26c639bfbe4c8b0e7efb23c19a358f75a5927d99b1ec61e9d858c5ff9/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_009.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, C. 3: Le Feu du Ciel (Bagdad Prélude), 2003, pastel on panel, 50 x 50 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f1156fdfc966ab3cdc1cbb0f438a1c5719eb26830ef8c972e4eac80c03b751b/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_016.jpg" data-mid="116897170" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f1156fdfc966ab3cdc1cbb0f438a1c5719eb26830ef8c972e4eac80c03b751b/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_016.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/150f09efa2b0c3ccdf5afaf2abf888647283128516c0836a7d9f9933743fc515/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_017.jpg" data-mid="116897172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/150f09efa2b0c3ccdf5afaf2abf888647283128516c0836a7d9f9933743fc515/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_017.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, C. 4: Les Yeux de la Nuit (Bagdad Prélude), March 2003, pastel on panel, 50 x 50 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/673548eff97420529cc946196565268a87908292e7f6ce5b5e66e016d4d9fb4e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_012.jpg" data-mid="116897163" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/673548eff97420529cc946196565268a87908292e7f6ce5b5e66e016d4d9fb4e/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_012.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5982e75896dc0bf1bcd15105d015eef997fde18c7a70cfb25fe3617b6b9e3438/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_013.jpg" data-mid="116897164" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5982e75896dc0bf1bcd15105d015eef997fde18c7a70cfb25fe3617b6b9e3438/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_013.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, C. 5: ‘The President’, 10-04-2003 (The Expansive Urge) [Bagdad Prélude, ‘Why tell the truth, when a good lie can do?!’], 11 April 2003, pastel on panel, 50 x 50 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/380c531bae4ecfd30cb7f41988100adb137e90a39ab5adb0cd76f014a7ad0cd6/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_006.jpg" data-mid="116897155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/380c531bae4ecfd30cb7f41988100adb137e90a39ab5adb0cd76f014a7ad0cd6/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_006.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3a1211727912052ff6af0c7d5f69a5c075edd8751f955daf9598f323ac0e8b3/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_007.jpg" data-mid="116897156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3a1211727912052ff6af0c7d5f69a5c075edd8751f955daf9598f323ac0e8b3/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_007.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, C. 6: The Expansive Urge, April 2003, pastel and bister on panel, 50 x 50 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem Five years after Kosovo: Parce que, a sequel titled Beslan: Parce que recounts the terrorist attack and school siege in North Ossetia during which Chechen rebels took over a 1000 hostages, many of them children. The siege lasted three days and was eventually ended by a Russian operation, resulting in about 330 deaths. As the title suggest, a senseless perpetuum previals. <img width="1126" height="1500" width_o="1126" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbca53542ade17c89c14c8dee47d77df73661e64d7ae649a91ed5d4e53c87152/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_001.jpg" data-mid="116896857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbca53542ade17c89c14c8dee47d77df73661e64d7ae649a91ed5d4e53c87152/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_001.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, Beslan: Parce que, 2004, pastel on paper, 106 x 79 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem Laenen’s last unfished work is a sketch executed just days before his death in 2012. The pietà of Jemen, based on Samuel Aranda’s photograph for The New York Times which was awarded the World Press Photo 2011. <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca54649f0cf864dee28cda46eeed57f694534738050b193f793105a3cea469c2/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_005.jpg" data-mid="116896861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca54649f0cf864dee28cda46eeed57f694534738050b193f793105a3cea469c2/Jean-Paul-Laenen_lowres_005.jpg" /> Jean-Paul Laenen, Untitled [Pietà Burka], 2012 (unfinished), pencil on paper, 110 x 75 cm. Photography ©Kristien Daem &nbsp; <img width="823" height="347" width_o="823" height_o="347" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1bf74c96c852ebfc8ada0147fd41175eeb2df8488184f43dbd02cae3fb2a4bf/Vlaanderen_verbeelding-werkt.png" data-mid="116961524" border="0" data-scale="7" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/823/i/d1bf74c96c852ebfc8ada0147fd41175eeb2df8488184f43dbd02cae3fb2a4bf/Vlaanderen_verbeelding-werkt.png" /> https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Mechelen-Malines-BE Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:27:40 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Mechelen-Malines-BE Under construction <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20f446152f04ced2e7d5847363593f489df1f58bad33f7dae570fedd94e1dd66/IMG_0150.jpg" data-mid="117264538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20f446152f04ced2e7d5847363593f489df1f58bad33f7dae570fedd94e1dd66/IMG_0150.jpg" /> https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Vaucluse-FR Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:28:07 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/Vaucluse-FR Under construction <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/513359053e477a452c5bc7141c13e107fafa90e9e6f5742e4f847c70569de0af/IMG_4732.JPG" data-mid="117534711" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/513359053e477a452c5bc7141c13e107fafa90e9e6f5742e4f847c70569de0af/IMG_4732.JPG" /> https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/About Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:36:33 +0000 Jean-Paul Laenen Estate https://jeanpaullaenen.cargo.site/About &nbsp; Jean-Paul Laenen (1931 - 2012) was a Belgian Sculptor working with a variety of different materials and techniques throughout his carrier, which extended from the early fifties to the day of his death in 2012. From the seventies onwards, Laenen increasingly dedicated his practice to the realm of public space, primarily focussing on public commissions and collaborations with architects and urbanists.&nbsp; He was one of the founding members of Krokus, ‘working group for the rehabilitation of the urban environment’. Following his death in 2012, the management of his estate was taken up by his daughter, Sylvie Laenen, and granddaughter, Nina Janssen. The objective is twofold; encompassing both the preservation, visibility, and circulation of the works, as well as the preservation and activation of his studio/house in both Mechelen/Malines and Vaucluse.&nbsp; ︎ Instagram ︎ Contact