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LUC DELEU (1944)
While a network of connections and recollections continue intertwining with the different phases of his work and projects, Deleu’s work appears above all to be an increasingly spectacular crescendo aimed at confronting ever more complex phenomena. Manifestos and theoretical proposals for the city, surprising monumental sculptures, infrastructural projects, concepts for entire cities ...
Solo-exhibitions since 2000
2008 Rossicontemporary, Bruxelles 2007 Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen 2006 Technische Universiteit, Eindhoven 2005 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 2004 Espace architecturale La Cambre, Bruxelles; MUHKA, Antwerpen; RAM, Rotterdam 2003 Middelheim Openluchtmuseum, Antwerpen; Galerie Media, Neuchâtel 2002 Galerie Mercator, Antwerpen 2001 Het Zwart Huis, Knokke; Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brétigny-sur-Orges 2000 Centre d’Art Contemporain Chapelle Saint-Jacques, Saint-Gaudens; Galerie Martine & Thibault de la Châtre, Paris; Galerie Aschenbach, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions since 2000
2009 Beaufort Triennal of Contemporary Art, Belgian Coast 2008 Brussels Biennial, Bruxelles 2007 The moss gathering tumbleweed experience. A growing exhibition composed by Hans Theys, Antwerpen - Breda - Milano 2006 Shangai 5th Biennial, Shangai Art Museum; Talking Cities, Zeche Zollverein, Essen 2005 International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Yokohama; Nancy 2005, le temps des Lumières, Nancy; La Belgique Visionnaire België, C'est arrivé près de chez nous, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 2004 Dear ICC, MUHKA, Antwerpen; RAM, Rotterdam 2003 ParasiteParadise, Utrecht; Citizen Game, Le Quartier, Quimper 2002 Luc Deleu & Niels Donckers, Cultureel Centrum, Strombeek; Van IJ tot Zee - Van Halfweg tot Nauerna, Stichting Kunst en Cultuur Noord-Holland, Noorzeekanaalregio; Le Petit Cabinet d’un Amateur de Ruines, Orion Art Gallery, Oostende 2001 Horta and After. 25 Masters of Modern Architecture in Belgium, De Garage, Mechelen, touring to Tokyo, Prague; 2000 Recycling = another chance, Sint-Lukasarchief, Brussel; Mo(u)vements, NICC /KMSK, Antwerpen
Site specific containers sculptures were build in (alphabetical order) Alkmaar, Antwerpen, Barcelona, Basel, Gent, Hamburg, Hoorn, Limerick, Middelburg, Minamata, Nauerna, Neuchâtel, Nîmes, Paris, Tielt, Tokyo, Yokohama
Works in public collections (selection)
ETH, Zürich
FRAC Corse
FRAC, Languedoc-Roussillon
FRAC, Franche-Comté
MRBAB-KMSK, Bruxelles
MUHKA, Antwerpen
Musée Château, Annecy
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
SMAK, Gent
Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Selected bibliography
Luc Deleu, exh. cat. Openluchtmuseum voor beeldhouwkunst Middelheim, Antwerpen, 2003; Urbi et orbi, Ludion, Gent/Amsterdam, 2002; La Ville Inadaptée, Un livre de Hans Theys, Ecocart, Toulouse, 2001; Luc Deleu, The unadapted city, work in progress, NAi, Rotterdam, 1996; Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office, 1967-1991, exh. cat. MUHKA, Antwerpen, 1991; Luc Deleu Postfuturismus ?, exh. cat. DeSingel, Antwerpen, 1987; Prototype d’un monument mobile / Urbild eines beweglichen Denkmales, Editions Media, Neuchâtel - Sint-Lukasstichting, Brussel, 1984; Luc Deleu Manifest aan de Orde, Guy Schraenen, Antwerpen, 1983; Vrije Ruimte - Espace Libre - Open Space, exh. cat. I.C.C., Antwerpen, 1980