Extended until 29/02/2024: visits by appointment only

Queens Brussels is delighted to announce the upcoming exhibition Iconostasis featuring a duo of visual artists, Gianluca Cosci and Sébastien Forthomme. The exhibition presents a selection of their most recent works, highlighting both the affinities and disparities of the artists’ individual practices. The exhibition is designed as a dialogue between two unique artistic personalities, presenting an enriching visual exchange.

“​​Perhaps the Doors, Curtains, Surface Pictures, Panes of Glass, etc. are metaphors of despair, prompted by the dilemma that our sense of sight causes us to apprehend things, but at the same time restricts and partially precludes our apprehension of reality.” (Gerhard Richter)

The title, Iconostasis, refers to the Eastern Christian tradition in Byzantine churches of a solid screen of stone, wood, or metal, usually separating the sanctuary from the nave. The iconostasis had originally been some sort of simple partition between the altar…