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Sensual and provocative – a Belgian Symbolist mixes erotic art with social criticism
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Félicien Rops
Laboratory of Desires
A master of Belgian Symbolism rediscovered! Félicien Rops’s (1833–1898) erotic works remain provocative today – and in the nineteenth century, they transgressed every boundary of art. With a keen eye and a sharp pen, Rops exposed the hypocrisies of the respectable middle class. “I am Rops, and I wish to be no other!” he declared, and adhered to this maxim throughout his life.
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The most poisonous berry of Symbolism, a scourge of the bourgeoisie – many terms have been used to describe Rops’s radical art. Celebrated by writers such as Charles Baudelaire and Joris-Karl Huysmans, he was a transgressive figure who deliberately aimed his works against the double standards of bourgeois society. His pictures – representing an absolute highpoint of printmaking and draughtsmanship from the period – invite a critical examination of fin-de-siècle social attitudes, particularly with regard to gender roles.
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Contributions by J. Au, A. Belyaeva, J. Beyer, E. Bronfen, V. Carpiaux, D. van Heesch
Text: English / German208 pages, 93 illustrations
23 x 27 cm, 9 x 11 inches, paperback with flaps
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4748-3
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