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A sweeping overview of the work of a prominent Belgian visual artist This handsome volume traces the work and career of Belgian visual artist Johan Muyle (b. 1956) from his early assemblages of found materials to his monumental paintings and recent motorized sculptures. Considered one of the most significant Belgian artists of his generation, Muyle’s work has been exhibited internationally since the 1980s. In this book, a series of thematic chapters situate Muyle’s oeuvre within the political and artistic context of the past thirty years and analyze the prolific artist’s critical responses to concerns including religious extremism and the disappearance of collective utopias.Distributed for MercatorfondsExhibition Schedule:MAC’s Grand Hornu, MONS, Belgium November 29, 2020–April 18, 2021

Jean-Marie Bytebier (1963) graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Gent in 1988. Together with artists such as Wim Delvoye (1965) he focuses mainly on the possibilities of how painting could be presented in order to understand our increasingly complicated postmodern society. In doing so he wants to seal the gap with conceptual art, as opposed to a previous generation of contemporary artists in Belgium, which followed the new German painting. Bytebier places the paintings in diptychs, triptychs and quadriptychs. Bringing together various small paintings influencing one another was one of his first steps to question the complete painting. There was no univocal answer, but different possibilities.

Quarantine is a monograph on Honor d'O, showcasing 40 works and exploring his artistic journey. Published to accompany an exhibition at MACS (Mus e des Arts Contemporains Grand-Hornu) from December 2025 onwards. Text in English and French. This book explores the profound artistic journey of Honor d'O, drawing inspiration from the metaphor of 40 days spent in the wilderness. It showcases 40 key works from his extensive oeuvre, each one reflecting his search for meaning, creativity, and personal transformation. The title alludes to a period of introspection and renewal, mirroring the artist's own evolution. The culmination of this exploration comes with the final piece--d'O's residency in Marva, a transformative experience that has deeply influenced his art. Through these 40 works, this book offers a unique insight into the artist's vision, blending introspective themes with striking visual expression. Text in English and French.

The Dutch artist Fiona Tan is well known for her photography, film, and video installations in which she frequently addresses ideas of identity, memory, and history. This publication documents recent works including a new large-scale project commissioned by the Grand-Hornu Museum of Contemporary Arts in Mons, Belgium and presented here for the first time. This work, titled Shadow Archive, is inspired by Paul Otlet (1868-1944), considered to be one of the forefathers of information science. Shadow Archive deals in particular with Otlet's decades-long utopian quest to establish a central repository for the world's information; between 1919 and 1934, Otlet and his team assembled more than 16 million index cards of data. This book incorporates previously unpublished original drawings and notes drafted by Otlet and selected by Fiona Tan for her installation; an amazing archive which reveal his visionary and creative personality as well as his exploration of the limits of the human knowledge. Text in English and French.