Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles for the Belgian Pavilion of the 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia - 11 May - 24 November 2019

‘Mondo Cane’

19 Feb. →
21 July'20

Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN! We have missed you!

ADVICE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR VISIT TO OUR EXHIBITIONS

Passing through a steel fence, one enters a secluded space occupied by 22 ashen-faced, mute dolls. About ten of them are automated and perform repetitive actions, condemned to an eternal monotonous existence. MONDO CANE can be seen as a Contemporary Museum of Folk Art in which the human figure is on show, in a society where inertia and apathy reign supreme.

Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys are seasoned hands in the creation of fictions filtered through hyperreality. They are intrigued by modern society’s current state of psychosis. The dolls in MONDO CANE are living proof of this.

MONDO CANE represented the Belgian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale with Anne-Claire Schmitz as curator and was given an honourable mention by the jury.

The website mondocane.net and the catalogue – available at BOZAR – form an integral part of the exhibition.

Dates

Wednesday 19 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 20 February, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 21 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 22 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 23 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 25 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 26 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 27 February, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 28 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 29 February, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 1 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 3 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 4 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 5 March, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 6 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 7 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 8 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 10 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 11 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 12 March, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 13 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 14 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 15 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 17 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 18 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 19 March, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 20 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 21 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 22 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 24 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 25 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 26 March, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 27 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 28 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 29 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 31 March, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 1 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 2 April, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 3 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 4 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 5 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 7 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 8 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 9 April, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 10 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 11 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 12 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 14 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 15 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 16 April, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 17 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 18 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 19 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 21 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 22 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 23 April, 10:00 → 21:00

Friday 24 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 25 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 26 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 28 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 29 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 30 April, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 1 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 2 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 3 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 5 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 6 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 7 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 8 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 9 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 10 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 12 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 13 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 14 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 15 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 16 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 17 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 19 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 20 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 21 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 22 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 23 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 24 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 26 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 27 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 28 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 29 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 30 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 31 May, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 2 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 3 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 4 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 5 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 6 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 7 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 9 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 10 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 11 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 12 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 13 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 14 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 16 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 17 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 18 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 19 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 20 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 21 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 23 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 24 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 25 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 26 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 27 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 28 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 30 June, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 1 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 2 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 3 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 4 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 5 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 7 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 8 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 9 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 10 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 11 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 12 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 14 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Wednesday 15 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Thursday 16 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Friday 17 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Saturday 18 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Sunday 19 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Tuesday 21 July, 10:00 → 18:00

Location

BOZAR/Centre for Fine Arts

Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS

PRICES

Do you have a museumPASSmusées?

Then you can book your free ticket online!

OPENING HOURS
Tue - Sun, 10 am - 6 pm
Closed on Monday

VISITOR'S GUIDE
Click here to download the exhibition’s visitor’s guide

CATALOGUE

NL / FR / ENG / IT / DU

192 pp

Publisher: Fonds Mercator / Mercatorfonds

€ 35

With the support of the Friends of the Belgian Pavilion: Art Brussels, Prof G. Bouckaert - KU Leuven Commission for Contemporary Art, Emilie De Pauw, Luc Haenen, Hangar Art Center, Gael and Bruno van Lierde, Martine de Limburg Stirum, Fondation Henri Servais, Sofacq Gallery, Stibbe CVBA, Micheline Szwajcer, Daniel Thierry, Edith and Mark Vanmoerkerke