Frank Maieu
(Wilrijk,
1952 )
In paintings, drawings, pastels and terracotta objects, Frank Maieu gives form to his critical view of the outside world. His oeuvre, suffused with biting humor, takes aim at the social imbalance inherent in capitalism. The museum spaces he designs for Museum to Scale 1/7 also bear witness to this. In both L'Art Belge and International Art, Maieu unmasks the rosy picture that some culture lovers allow themselves to be talked into about the artistic canon at home and abroad. Maieu's museum rooms are conceived as viewing boxes where the amateur d'art can marvel at the sometimes disastrous private lives of “great artists. These 'wonder rooms' show that behind the façade of the art world and behind the 'genius' of the artist often lie a raw reality and a vulnerable person.
