"There are no tyrannies that would not try to limit art, because they can see the power of art. Art can tell the world things that cannot be shared otherwise. It is art that conveys feelings."

 - Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine 

Jan Fabre

(c)Angelos bvba, Collection M HKA
After Art, 1980
Performance , 00:34:00

24.10.1980
Milwaukee, Helfaer Theatre

During this performance the artist will undergo several metamorphoses. He steps in the outlines of a man, drawn on the stage with shaving cream. As he plays with different transformations he frequently stops to study his new image in the mirror. 

 

'Did my performance 'After Art' today.

Lots of students and philosophers came to watch.

Reactions were very positive.

It's just that the sentences

'It sounds very interesting' and 'It looks fantastic' 

are starting to drive me mad.'

(Jan Fabre, Milwaukee, 24 October 1980)