Large Dresden Lace Figurine

Koen exposure Vanmechelen

of October 8 to December 15, 2010 , works by Koen Vanmechelen invest the European Space for Sculpture in the Park Regional Tournay-Solvay 117O Brussels (Watermael-Bosvoorde). This exhibition

" COSMOPOLITAN CHICKEN - DIVERSITY is organized by the SEA asbl. It is part of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, the International Year of Biodiversity and twenty years of activities of the European Space for Sculpture.
This is an initiative under the patronage of Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, Chairperson of the European .

Koen Vanmechelen is an internationally recognized conceptual artist. It will present its facilities in the beautiful greenery that is the Regional Park Tournay-Solvay.
His work reflects his scientific research devoted to chickens, existing breeds, their crosses and genetic manipulation.
Through this, the artist addresses fundamental questions of ethics that relate to compliance with beings in their difference, to the eternal quest for perfection and our relationship with nature. Koen
Vanmechelen disturbingly close to the human world and the men in the manner of a famous scene in Fellini his film "E la nave va". Doubt, dizziness, insinuate themselves into the viewer's mind: where is the boundary between the human and the animal world and that if appearances were misleading? Game of the mirror, mixtures and illusions ...

The Cosmopolitan Chicken "is a great bastard (said Koen Vanmechelen), final result of a breeding program that took years of research.

Visit the website Koen Vanmechelen .

- Free admission all day in the park which will host five major facilities Koen Vanmechelen. (Open from 9-17 pm)
- Free entry into the "white villa "Where the public will discover a sixth creation of the Belgian artist, from Wednesday to Sunday from 14 am to 17 pm

Commissioner of the Exhibition: Willy Van den Bussche

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