Video installation, 2006, at M HKA Antwerpen 2007 “Lonely at the Top”, curators Dieter Roestraete & Grant Watson. The title of Marie Julia Bollansée’s work refers to an old Etruscan city near Rome. Tarquinia was the most important of the twelve cities of the Etruscan League and is now an archaeological site primarily known for its necropolis – an underground cemetery containing more than six thousand tombs, many of which are decorated with splendid colourful murals. However, of this partially macabre history hardly a trace can be found in Bollansée’s “Tarquinia”, a three-part projection in which a festively laid table with an ever changing line-up of guests is the central point – a picture which is loosely based on Tarquinia’s ancient wall paintings. Although associations with the iconographic tradition of the Last Supper are brought to mind, “Tarquinia” definitely plays on a different emotional register – that of a festive beginning rather than that of a majestic fatal ending.
Inge Grognard is a Belgian make-up artist. Her career started in the mid-80s when she collaborated with designers including Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten, and Ann Demeulemeester, and she is credited with having a considerable influence on the Antwerp Six. Grognard is married to the photographer Ronald Stoops and they have collaborated throughout their retrospective careers. She worked closely with Martin Margiela at Maison Martin Margiela, collaborating on 40 collections over 20 years, until his departure from the house in 2009. Grognard's work has been featured in publications including British Vogue, Vogue Japan, i-D, Dazed and Confused, and Gentlewoman. She has worked closely with Demna Gsvalia at Balenciaga since 2016.
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