Works on show - Fontein van de wereld (als jonge kunstenaar), 2008


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Fontein van de wereld (als jonge kunstenaar), 2008

The sex:

Fountain of the world (as a young artist), 2008

For Fabre, this installation represents the sex and therefore the force of his
creative potential. He presents himself as a young man with a constant
erection lying on a bed of 150 gravestones. The man symbolizes a fountain
ejaculating a sperm-like fluid in a constant rhythm. The gravestones on which
he is positioned are engraved with names of insects that refer to artists,
philosophers, and writers who, according to Fabre, are or will become part of
the history of the world. In a way, he is surrounding himself with friends who
support and influence him in a spiritual and artistic way. The installation is
part of a series of self-portraits in which Fabre discovers and explores the
fluids of the body, as he has done in his blood, sperm, tear and urine
drawings. Around this, the early drawings Fountain of the World are shown.
These drawings have served as a thinking model for this work.