As the owner of one of Brussels most prestigious art galleries with renowned artists from Betty Tompkins to Stephen Shore on the roster, Rodolphe Janssen was bound to show up at Paris art fair FIAC. So we equipped him with one of our throw-away cameras and he got this sneak behind-the-scenes eyeful of one of the art world’s most important events of the year. Experience FIAC through the eyes of a gallery owner, from unpacking the artworks to mounting a gallery booth and artists installing their own creations.
Mounting the gallery booth
Sybille du Roy, Rodolphe Janssen’s gallery director, inside the gallery booth
Gael Leininger and Kendell Geers working on Kendell Geers’ Lines of Flight 299, 2012, Wall installation with paint
Kendell Geers, Arrested Development (Hexagram) VI, 2012, Crystal Police Batons
Betty Tompkins’ works. From left to right :
Cunt Grid #18, 2009, Pencil and ink on paper
Censored Grid #8, 2008, Pencil and ink on paper
Cunt Grid #6, 2004, Pencil and ink on paper
Pussy Painting #10, 2011, Acrylic on Canvas
Cunt Grid #2, 2003, Pencil and ink on paper
Fuck Painting #44, 2011, Acrylic on Canvas
Censored grid #15, 2009, Pencil and ink on paper
Fuck Grid #35, 2007, Pencil and ink on paper
Gallery owner Albert Baronian in front of Betty Tompkins’ Kiss Painting #4, 2012, Acrylic on canvas
Le Grand Palais in Paris, location of the FIAC
Self-portrait of Rodolphe Janssen in the Tuileries Garden
In the Tuileries Garden: Jürgen Drescher, House of Carpets, 2012, wooden construction, aluminium sandcasting
Installation in the Tuileries Garden for FIAC Hors-les-Murs : Jürgen Drescher, House of Carpets, 2012, wooden construction, aluminum sand casting
Le Grand Palais, Paris
Le Grand Palais, Paris
Kendell Geers in front of his work Arrested Development (Hexagram) VI, 2012, Crystal Police Batons
Art shippers hanging a painting up in the gallery booth
Gallery booths in the Grand Palais
On the ladder: Alex Pil from Signa. To the right: Gael Leininger working on Lines of Flight 299, 2012, Wall installation with paint
