{"id":3975,"date":"2022-11-11T16:01:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T15:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/?page_id=3975"},"modified":"2024-04-28T17:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T15:14:47","slug":"exhibition-renee-demeester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/en\/visit\/temporary-exhibitions\/exhibition-renee-demeester\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition Ren\u00e9e Demeester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Renee_Demeester-2-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Ren\u00e9 Magritte Museum &#8211; Museum of Abstract Art is devoting a solo exhibition to Ren\u00e9e Demeester, who passed away in April 2022. The exhibition &lsquo;Abstract Landscapes&rsquo; gives the public the opportunity to get to know this talented and discreet artist. She was a remarkable figure of Belgian abstraction in the 1960s and 80s, and was able to develop her own style and make it evolve.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester0108_-De-Corte_bijgesneden2b-3-1024x634.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester0108_-De-Corte_bijgesneden2b-3-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester0108_-De-Corte_bijgesneden2b-3-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester0108_-De-Corte_bijgesneden2b-3-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester0108_-De-Corte_bijgesneden2b-3.png 1139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ren\u00e9e Demeester, Valsent les \u00e9l\u00e9ments n\u00b02, oil on canvas, 150 x 90 cm, 1972. <\/em><br><em>Coll. Museum of Abstract Art, Jette-Brussels.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester074d-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3979 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester074d-2.png 700w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Garitte_Renee-Demeester074d-2-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Ren\u00e9e Demeester (1927-2022) spent her childhood in Congo. At the age of 25, she says goodbye to her colonial life to devote herself to drawing and painting. She meets the later sculptor Marcel Arnould (1928-1974), with whom she builds a complex but also artistically fruitful relationship.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Demeester-Arnould couple, a rare example of a high-level artistic duo, actively participate in the bohemian life in and around Brussels of the 1960s. Their friends are both the then surrealists (Marcel Mari\u00ebn, Marcel Lecomte) and abstracts (Victor Servranckx, Felix De Boeck), their second fertile feeding ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/71.-1976-MAA-39b-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3982 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/71.-1976-MAA-39b-2.png 890w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/71.-1976-MAA-39b-2-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/71.-1976-MAA-39b-2-768x535.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Demeester\u2019s painting is initially stiff and gloomy, more light-hearted and dynamic in the 1960s, and suddenly unparalleled in the 1970s. Her work fascinates thanks to distortions of space and precisely executed colour gradations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Modesty and underestimation keep her under the radar for a long time. Until spirits begin to mature and it is suddenly discovered that she has successfully fulfilled her great goal \u201cto create another world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>\u201cEverything is distant and close at the same time. Everything moves, and everything is at a fixed point. This is not a paradox, it is the mystery that must be dealt with.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>Ren\u00e9e Demeester, 1973<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Persdossier-NL-Expo-Demeester-3-918x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3985 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Persdossier-NL-Expo-Demeester-3-918x1024.jpg 918w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Persdossier-NL-Expo-Demeester-3-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Persdossier-NL-Expo-Demeester-3-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Persdossier-NL-Expo-Demeester-3.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The exhibition also includes a monograph. Based on unpublished texts and photographs, and in collaboration with her family, the museum&rsquo;s research team pays tribute to a life entirely devoted to art. The monograph is lavishly illustrated with paintings and drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available at the museum.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Concept: Andr\u00e9 Garitte, conservator<br>Authors: Andr\u00e9 Garitte, Chlo\u00e9 Thibault, Stefan Wouters<br>184 pages, 80 color reproductions<br>co-published with Pandora<br>Price: \u20ac 40<br>ISBN: 978-2-930532-04-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Ren\u00e9e Demeester, paysages abstraits\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/1VDtBvryxQCyhnvKzT6qv3?si=fe09641ae3e44f1c&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Supported by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sponsors-1-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sponsors-1-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sponsors-1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sponsors-1-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sponsors-1-1260x534.png 1260w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sponsors-1.png 1394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ren\u00e9 Magritte Museum &#8211; Museum of Abstract Art is devoting a solo exhibition to Ren\u00e9e Demeester, who passed away in April 2022. The exhibition &lsquo;Abstract Landscapes&rsquo; gives the public the opportunity to get to know this talented and discreet artist. She was a remarkable figure of Belgian abstraction in the 1960s and 80s, and &#8230; <a title=\"Exhibition Ren\u00e9e Demeester\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/en\/visit\/temporary-exhibitions\/exhibition-renee-demeester\/\" aria-label=\"En savoir plus sur Exhibition Ren\u00e9e Demeester\">Lire la suite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":275,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3975"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4909,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3975\/revisions\/4909"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}