Jan Fabre's permanent altar installations for St. Augustine Church in Antwerp
Jan Fabre has created three large-scale permanent installations for the St. Augustine Church in Antwerp, now concert hall AMUZ, as part of the 'Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens inspires' program. The works replace the original altarpieces by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens, now at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Fabre's pieces are titled 'The Mystic Contract', 'The Monastic Performance', and 'The Ecstatic Recording', made from thousands of mosaic tiles over three years. 'The Mystic Contract' features a diamond symbolizing Antwerp's diamond trade and its Orthodox Jewish community. The Rossaert Gallery in the historic center concurrently exhibits Fabre's preparatory collages.
Key facts
- Jan Fabre created three permanent large-scale installations for St. Augustine Church/AMUZ in Antwerp.
- The works replace original altarpieces by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens from 1628.
- The original altarpieces are now at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
- The installations are part of 'Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens inspires' program.
- The three works are titled 'The Mystic Contract', 'The Monastic Performance', and 'The Ecstatic Recording'.
- Fabre spent over three years making thousands of collages and using mosaic tiles.
- 'The Mystic Contract' features a diamond symbolizing Antwerp's diamond trade and Jewish community.
- The Rossaert Gallery in Antwerp's historic center exhibits Fabre's preparatory collages.
Entities
Artists
- Jan Fabre
- Pieter Paul Rubens
- Anthony van Dyck
- Jacob Jordaens
Institutions
- AMUZ
- St. Augustine Church
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
- Rossaert Gallery
- Artribune
Locations
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- Siegen
- Kammenstraat
- Diamond Quarter
- Jerusalem on the Scheldt