Project

A Belgian artist in Italy: Italian Art History and Culture in the work of Jan Vercruysse (1948-2018)

Code
01SF0120
Duration
01 November 2020 → 31 October 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • History of art
Keywords
Contemporary Art Sculpture Installation Art Photography Belgian Art Italian Art Transnational art history
 
Project description

This research will investigate the artistic, intellectual and institutional interaction between the Italian and Belgian art scene during the 1980s and 1990s. This broader exchange will be analysed through a profound study of the artist Jan Vercruysse (1948-2018). To this end, underexposed aspects of Belgian and Italian art of the last quarter of the 20th century will be reassessed.