From 15 April to 15 June 2023, the Musée en plein air will present an indoor exhibition of ceramic sculptures by Quentin Caillaud, including a new piece created for the occasion. Caillaud’s works, with their grimacing, grotesque and multiple faces, seem to have escaped from a carnival. The artist forms his heads, “like a child’s game, a bet taken with oneself, the ambition to create a face without knowing what the result will be. It’s double or nothing, heads or tails (“Pèye ou tièsse” in Walloon) and at the same time a kind of controlled lottery that also leaves room for improvisation and exaggeration. A permission to move away from the starting point, to wander around for a bit more surprise and discovery. To get off the beaten track and who knows, maybe make an unexpected encounter.”
Born in Nice in 1992, Quentin Caillaud has been living and working in Brussels for 10 years. After studying at the ERG, he joined the Nice carnival team for two years, where he learned polystyrene sculpture and painting techniques, before taking up ceramics on his return to Belgium.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Exhibition open from 15 April to 16 June 2023
Free access, Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 18:00
The artworks are visible at all time (Mo.-Fr between 9:00 and 17:00) from the study room through the glass of the gallery.
Open on demand from Monday to Friday between 9:00 and 17:00 by calling 04 366 21 09 or 0499 40 16 66
Opening on Saturday 15 April at 15:00
Venue:
Student House of Sart Tilman (building B8) – 2nd floor
L’agora 1 – 4000 Liège (Sart Tilman)
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/qzw56wBErBeVeysA7
How to get there:
Public transport: bus line 48, stop “Amphithéâtres” (leaves from the Opéra in the centre of Liège and goes to the Liège-Guillemins station)
Free parking
Photos: © Quentin Caillaud