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Forever Young

The 2016 annual presentation organized by collector Alain Servais in his 900-square-meter loft in Brussels.

HAEGUE YANG, Nosy Clown – Mangrove Swamped, 2012. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

Curated by Nicolas de Ribou, the exhibition presented a diverse selection of artworks from the Family Servais Collection.

Taking its name from the 1984 song of the same title by the German band Alphaville, the song dealt with youth, the passing of time, the feeling of fear at the time of the Cold War, and the overwhelming need and desire to stay alive no matter what happens.

Jump to the modern day and the song and exhibition could be seen as a embodiment of youth’s preoccupations being far from what they were at that time. The exhibition “Forever Young” created and showcased the portrait of a generation raised between never ending conflicts, its obligation of consciousness, and its need of carelessness.

The Servais Family Collection consists of established names such as Gilbert & George and Barbara Kruger, as well as younger positions such as Julian Charrière and Arturo Hernández Alcázar.

IVO VAN DEN ELZEN, Untitled, 2015. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

JOSH KLINE, Sleep is for the weak, 2011. ©Joerg Lohse

ANDREA FRANCOLINO, Mall of America, 2013

SARETH SVAY, Ruins, 2014. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

(l–r) CORINNE VIONNET, Photo Opportunities – Moskva, 2007; JODY PAULSEN, Euro Boys, 2014; JENNY HOLZER, Truism, 1983; JANFABRE, Het graf van de onbekende, 1999. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

(l–r) IVO VAN DEN ELZEN, Golden Boy, 2015; IVO VAN DEN ELZEN, Untitled, 2015; CARMELLE SAFDIE, July 2, 2011, 2011; ALEXANDRE DA CUNHA, Glaze (Capri), 2005. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

LI JINGHU, Waterfall, 2015; BILL HENSON, Untitled #52, 2001; PIETER HUGO, Permanent Error - Aissah Salifu, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, 2010. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

(l–r) RENAUD JEREZ, BNWTAS, 2014; JOSH KLINE, Sleep is for the weak, 2011; BILL HENSON, Untitled #52, 2001; EMMANUEL VAN DER AUWERA, Philippines, 2015. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

General exhibition view of "Forever Young" at the Servais Family Collection, Brussels. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

RINEKE DIJKSTRA, Zilvitis, Lithuania, July 28, 2000, 2000. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

(l–r) EMMANUEL VAN DER AUWERA, Philippines, 2015; ANITA MOLINERO, Ultime caillou, 2009. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

(l–r) PIETER HUGO, Permanent Error - Aissah Salifu, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, 2010; ALICE CHANNER, Eyes (part I), 2012. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

(l–r) ANDREA FRANCOLINO, Mall of America, 2013; VIVIEN ROUBAUD, Feu d'artifice, gelée de pétrole dégazé, combustion incomplète, tube PMMA, 2014; JAMES BALMFORTH, The Beauty Yet To Come, 2010; CORINNE VIONNET, Photo Opportunities - Makka, 2008. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

JULIAN CHARRIERE, Future Fossil Spaces, 2015. © Hugard & Vanoverschelde

Belgium (27)

Forever Young

The 2016 annual presentation organized by collector Alain Servais in his 900-square-meter loft in Brussels.

Belgium (27)

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens

The industrialist couple Jules and Irma Dhondt-Dhaenens began collecting art in the 1920s

Vanhaerents Art Collection

Where the connection between building and collecting is more than metaphorical

Galila Barzilaï

Galila’s P.O.C presents itself as a contemporary curiosity cabinet.

AMEXICA @The Loft

The Family Servais Collection and The Loft present AMEXICA, an exhibition curated by Marisol Rodríguez

Schöne Sentimenten at the MDD

The Belgian Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, situated in the countryside at Deurle, presents an exhibition combining real artworks together with 'absent' ones.

Sun Women

"Sun Women" presents seven artists brought together from external private collections in Riva's exhibition space.

Servais Family Collection – Dérapages & Post-Bruises Imaginaries

The current hang of works from the Servais Family Collection, curated by Dragos Olea, offers a juxtaposition of concern versus hope

The Apartment

Charming presentation of contemporary art in the heart of Brussels.

Christophe Veys

An interview with the collector who owns the “invisible collection”.

Animals

An exhibition detailing the representation of the animal in contemporary art.

Remembering Mwene Mutapa – Exotic Mapping of a Collection

The Brussels-based contemporary art collection marked by a non-Western focus.

Polish Village

For the first time, the collection presents an exhibition entirely dedicated to the American artist Frank Stella.

Collection in Motion

“Our exhibition space does not aim to be an oasis."

A from Animism, Atlas, Adrift[1]

A from Animism, Atlas, Adrift, Algorithmic, Apocryphal, Automatic, Ambiguous, Amnesia, Allegory, Above, Archive, Alien…

Transylvanian Visions

A fervent promoter and collector of Contemporary Romanian Art, with a special focus on the artistic phenomenon of the Cluj School.

Human Figure

Creating a dialogue between contemporary sculptures and works from Oceanic Art

The Power and The Glory

Opening on the eve of the now infamous 2016 US elections, “The Power and The Glory” set out to examine the tension between an artist’s desire to shine and their desire to exist.

Not Really Really

Removed from the material world and undergoing various transformations.

Walter Vanhaerents

A Story About An Island

Machinations at Verbeke

The Verbeke concept presents a private collection and lively program with an experimental spirit and devotion to nature.

Bewogen Beweging

Exhibition at the Verbeke Foundation.

Many Suns & Worlds

The Brussels based Vanhaerents Art Collection is hosting the first solo exhibition of Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno.

From East to West

Located in an old grain factory on the banks of the Campine Canal in Herentals, the Art Center Hugo Voeten represents over 1 700 works that have been collected over a thirty year period.

Break Out!

In 1966, Alighiero Boetti created a trio of sculptures titled “Zig Zag”, consisting of the fabric of a beach chair woven in inside an aluminium cube.

Warhol & Subsequent Effects

Located in a charmingly remodelled former industrial building in the Dansaert district in the heart of Brussels, the Walter Vanhaerents contemporary art collection is presented in biannual exhibitions on three floors.

Charles Riva

The Charles Riva Collection is a carefully curated gathering of contemporary art, mostly by American artists, located in Brussels, Belgium.