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Yours La Fonderie – Brussels Museum of Industry and Work 

Workshops and animations on request

14 May 2020

Projects in progress

11 May 2020

Exhibitions

08 May 2020

La Fonderie

09 May 2023

Our History

09 May 2020
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About us

20 May 2020

Tools and services

08 May 2020

    Activities and events

    28 March 2020

    Mission Statement

    09 May 2020

    Les Cahiers de La Fonderie

    29 March 2020

    Workshops

    08 May 2020

    Events

    08 May 2020

    News

    28 March 2020

    Practical information

    09 May 2020

    Practical information

    28 March 2020

    Renting our spaces

    publication
    23 April 2020

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    28 March 2020

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    25 October 2023

    temporary exhibitions

    11 May 2020

      The Obolensky canal

      18 November - 1 May 2023

      An invitation to stroll

      We invite you on an immersive walk to (re)discover the Brussels canal, depicted by a leading artist of the Belgian scene: Alexandre Obolensky. An invitation to take a break, to stroll and to contemplate.

      Known as a painter of theatre, opera, ballet and exhibition sets, Alexandre Obolensky (Brussels, 1952-2018) has also developed a personal body of work around the Brussels canal.

      As the lights and landscapes change, the canal is transformed.

      The exhibition invites us to take a sensitive and contemplative stroll, to discover a series of paintings, disturbing in their realism, which show us a plural canal captured by the artist’s eye and interpreted according to his pictorial technique.  The works are a call to stop, observe and question our gaze, our perception of this canal, which is part of the Brussels landscape, but still often unknown.  

      Obolensky’s approach was to photograph and then de-photograph through painting.

      Through the eyes of the artist, this free walk also invites us to discover his creative process. From the choice of the angle of view to the pictorial transposition through the grid, the exhibition shows the different stages of a precise and rigorous technique. 

      The exhibition is aimed at a wide audience, from art lovers to curious observers, young and old, thanks to the integration of interactive devices in the visitor’s path. 

      A catalogue of the exhibition is also available to continue the walk from home or in the footsteps of the artist along the canal.  

      For those who want to know more about the artist, the book Alexandre Obolensky, a retrospective on his career as a set painter and on his personal work, is also available. Illustrated with numerous photographs and accompanied by the testimonies of observers and privileged collaborators, it retraces a life of painting, a unique and particular profession between operas, theatres, large exhibitions and intimate work.  

      Museum, visits and activities

      28 March 2020

      cartes blanches

      11 May 2020

        An industrial site

        28 March 2020

        Audiences

        28 March 2020

        Schools

        11 May 2020

        Youth groups

        11 May 2020

        Adult Groups

        11 May 2020

        Children

        11 May 2020

        Diary / Calendar

        28 March 2020
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