Jan Fabre

Edit by Jessica Yenilmez 

I coincidentally stumbled upon Jan Fabre's work as the art department of our school went to Palma(de Majorca) for several gallery visits and we stumbled by his exhibition. I was so intrigued as I'd never see such sculptures, usually when I think of sculptures I think of nude old greek gods. No. Fabre has put a whole new twist on sculpturing. His main focus are brains and turtles. How he came up with the link between the two, that is a question I'd love to ask him myself but I like to assume that its because of the turtles shell- the texture an pattern of it is almost brain like. Could it also be that whenever turtles protect themselves they cave into their shell, is it symbolising that when humans protect their believes and opinions its mainly based around knowledge that we have gathered and learnt. There is no better way of proving someone wrong than by convincing them that you are an expert in what you're talking about.

This piece illustrates the influences elements of many of the artists work. One of them being Dali because of his passion for landscapes and Fabre for his surreal brain sculptures. 

Exhibition Iglesia La Lonja Palma

Salvador Dali & Jan Fabre Inspiration