ANTWERP, Belgium — A piece by Belgian conceptual artist Jan Fabre at the Antwerp’s MuHKA contemporary art museum is challenging the nose as well as the eyes.
The installation “Spring is on its way” consists of onions and potatoes hung from the ceiling in condoms. And the vegetables are, well, spoiling.
“Like many of his works, it is about transformation and metamorphosis,” MuHKA’s Kathleen Weyts said of Fabre, who had a solo show at the Paris Louvre earlier this year.
Weyts said one museum worker complained. Local media reported that plenty of visitors and museum guards were protesting.
Some shoots have broken through the condoms and other condoms have crashed to the ground from the weight of the vegetables. The Associated Press
