Jan Fabre's Polymorphic Sculptures at Fondation Salomon

The Fondation Salomon in Alex, France hosted a major survey of Jan Fabre's sculptures from 1977 to 2003, running from July 6 to October 26, 2003. The exhibition showcased Fabre's multidisciplinary practice, which spans visual arts and performance, including sculpture, video, installation, drawing, film, and choreography. Central to Fabre's work are themes of life and death, order and chaos, night and dream, often explored through the figure of the insect, particularly the dung beetle, and the artist as a liberator of humanity. His sculptures employ unconventional materials such as Bic pen ink, sliced bone, chloroformed beetles, pins, melted wax, and gilded bronze, creating a paradoxical immateriality. The exhibition highlighted Fabre's Promethean aesthetic, blending biographical, universal, biological, artificial, mythological, and scientific references.