‘Lacrimae Rerum’, homage to Gustav Metzger – Part I at Dvir Gallery

The exhibition aims to show a selection of Gustav Metzger’s historical works alongside never seen before pieces by Miroslaw Balka, Marianne Berenhaut and Latifa Echakhch created especially for this exhibition.

Gustav Metzger, born in Nuremberg in 1926, revolutionized the contemporary art world by developing the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and questioning the role of art in the political discourse.

There is no choice but to follow the path of ethics into aesthetics.
Gustav Metzger

Gustav Metzger, ‘Historic Photographs: No. 1: Liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 19-28 days, 1943’, 1995-2020, black and white photograph, rubble, 150 x 211 cm Courtesy of The Gustav Metzger Foundation and Hauser & Wirth

Miroslaw Balka, ‘44 x 44 x 340 – A need of verticality’, 2020, terrazzo, steel, glass, plastic, mirror, 44 x 44 x 340 cm, unique

Miroslaw Balka, ‘44 x 44 x 340 – A need of verticality’, 2020, terrazzo, steel, glass, plastic, mirror, 44 x 44 x 340 cm, unique

Marianne Berenhaut, ‘Pour la troisième fois on l’a sorti du tiroir’, 2010, metal desk, drawers, wedding dress, 95 x 70 x 70 cm, unique

exhibition view, ‘Lacrimae Rerum’, homage to Gustav Metzger – Part I, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Brussels

exhibition view, ‘Lacrimae Rerum’, homage to Gustav Metzger – Part I, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Brussels

Miroslaw Balka, ‘Mine Familie – Der Korper – Plan einer Wohnung – 1943’, 2020, audio, 11:03min in loop, unique

Gustav Metzger, ‘Drop on Hot Plate’, 1968-2020, hot plate, silicon tube, steel pipe, distilled water, 260 x 20 x 32 cm Courtesy of The Gustav Metzger Foundation and Hauser & Wirth

Gustav Metzger, ‘Drop on Hot Plate’, 1968-2020, hot plate, silicon tube, steel pipe, distilled water, 260 x 20 x 32 cm Courtesy of The Gustav Metzger Foundation and Hauser & Wirth

Marianne Berenhaut, ‘Pour la troisième fois on l’a sorti du tiroir’, 2010, metal desk, drawers, wedding dress, 95 x 70 x 70 cm, unique

Latifa Echakhch, ‘Wind Wall Icon’, 2020, metallic pigment, red, black paint, concrete, fiber and vinyl on canvas, 300 x 200 cm, diptych: 200 x 150 cm (each), unique

Marianne Berenhaut, ‘Fleur électrique’, 2020, electric cables, ceramic sockets, 57 x 16 cm, unique