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‘Truc Troc’ 4th Edition at BOZAR

Posted by Rosa Jiménez in General on 01 11th, 2008 | no responses

Truc Troc

TRUC TROC 4th edition: Art Tracking is re-opened!

A painting, a sculpture, a drawing against earplugs, pin’s collection or a siberian tailor-made suit: unthinkable? Not at all, « Déjà-vu ! »

For a unique week-end, Truc Troc opens its doors,… and minds! Far away from the traditional image of the museums, this event will reveal more than a hundred Belgian artists and their conception of art.
No money talk. It’s all about love… at first sight. Just imagine! An object, an idea, a service to exchange with an original master-piece… so contemporaneous!

Saturday 12 of January 2008, the BOZAR, Wolu-Culture and Artdynamik welcome you to the opening party, with Dj’s and performers, from 7pm until 2 am. With a more quiet atmosphere, Sunday 13th, will be the perfect day (from 10am to 6pm) to visit with family or simply rediscover the exhibition.

Exhibition 2005

In 1971, a few young artists decided to gather and defend different principles. The first one, help themselves and each other. The second one, give the general public the opportunity to discover them as artists, and make the public familiar with contemporary art through themselves.

The young sculptor Mon De Rijk (Ninove 1943) created the democratic patronage. Within this concept he organised free exhibitions for the artists and provided the opportunity for the individual to rent one or more pieces of art.

In 1972, the Cultural Council of Woluwe St Lambert cooperated with this organization. Together, they created in the Castle Malou the first art gallery, where you could borrow art pieces. More than two hundred artists participated in several activities including "Truc Troc".

Mon de Rijck and Charline Mahy inaugurated the first Truc Troc in 1975 in the Castle Malou. This was without any doubt an unforgettable experience of the artistic season of 1975 in Brussels. 200 artists participated in the first "Truc Troc".

Because of the great success of 1975, the GPOA TRUC TROC decided to continue the organisation of Truc Troc in October 1976. Again 70 pieces of art were traded.

Exhibition 1975

Almost thirty years later, in 2004, over a hundred contemporary artists gathered again for this happening in the "Palais des Beaux Arts". Some of them were already present at one of the first editions. It became a great success with more than 4.000 participants.

In 2005 Truc Troc knew an incredible success: not less than 8.000 visitors showed up for this artistic, musical and festive manifestation on the 19th and 20th of November.

2006. This last edition was tremendously successful. More than 8.000 have shown their enthousiasm. A large amount of artists, seduced by the concept, were standing at Wolu-Culture Center front doors, to take an opportunity to expose their work at the next Truc Troc.

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