{"id":31914,"date":"2025-10-22T17:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=31914"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:03:28","slug":"francois-jacob","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/en\/exhibition\/francois-jacob\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran\u00e7ois Jacob. On the Stage of the Approximate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-exhibition-slider alignfull \"><div class=\"exhibition-slider\">\n\t<div class=\"swiper-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"491\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-491x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-exhibition-slider size-exhibition-slider\" alt loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-491x600.jpg 491w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-837x1024.jpg 837w, 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https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-1256x1536.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-1674x2048.jpg 1674w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-491x600.jpg 491w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FJ_PrincesseCarton_2013_OilOnCanvas_49x39cm-300x367.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\t\t\t\t<p>Robert Lebeck <em>Sommer 1968 im Wolfs\u00adburger VW-Bad aus der Serie Zum 30. Geburtstag der \u2018K\u00e4fer\u00adstadt\u2019, Wolfsburg, 21. und 22. Juni 1968, 22. Juni 1968<\/em> UV-Inkjet-Druck (Swiss\u00adQ\u00adPrint) auf Angelica-Universal-Photo\u00admatte-Papier, 90 x 60&nbsp;cm,<br>\nKunst\u00admu\u00adseum Wolfsburg,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"credit-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"100\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-100x74.jpg\" class=\"attachment-credits-thumbnail size-credits-thumbnail\" alt loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-1536x1136.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-2048x1515.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB-Galerie_2018_OilOnCanvas_56x75cm-811x600.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\t\t\t\t<p>Fran\u00e7ois Jacob <em>Princesse Carton<\/em> 2013, \u00d6l auf Leinwand<br>\n49 x 39 cm, Inv. 2020\/01, Kunst\u00admu\u00adseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"credit-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"100\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB_Actrice_2017_OilOnCanvas_130x100cm-100x127.jpg\" class=\"attachment-credits-thumbnail size-credits-thumbnail\" alt loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB_Actrice_2017_OilOnCanvas_130x100cm-100x127.jpg 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100vw, 100px\">\t\t\t\t<p>Fran\u00e7ois Jacob <em>Galerie <\/em> 2013, \u00d6l auf Leinwand<br>\n56 x 75 cm, Inv. 2020\/01, Kunst\u00admu\u00adseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"credit-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"100\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB_Pose_2016_OilOnCanvas_140x88cm-100x162.jpg\" class=\"attachment-credits-thumbnail size-credits-thumbnail\" alt loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB_Pose_2016_OilOnCanvas_140x88cm-100x162.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB_Pose_2016_OilOnCanvas_140x88cm-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB_Pose_2016_OilOnCanvas_140x88cm-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JACOB_Pose_2016_OilOnCanvas_140x88cm-768x1248.jpg 768w, 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class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Enigmatic theatri\u00adca\u00adlity, realms of the indeter\u00admi\u00adnate, and moments of vulnera\u00adbi\u00adlity charac\u00adte\u00adrize the work of the Belgian painter Fran\u00e7ois Jacob (b. 1976). After studying at the Acad\u00e9mie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, he developed a distinc\u00adtive visual world in which reality and dreamlike fiction overlap. His canvases resemble theatrical stages, on which figures perform like actors in surreal, often enigmatic choreo\u00adgra\u00adphies, artis\u00adti\u00adcally illumi\u00adnated and surrounded by an atmos\u00adphere that is both grotesque and&nbsp;eerie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The staged arran\u00adge\u00adments defy clear inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion, opening up diverse spaces for associa\u00adtion. At the same time, Jacob deliber\u00adately avoids contem\u00adporary elements, giving his paintings a universal timel\u00adess\u00adness. The figures depicted function more as arche\u00adtypes of humanity than as real indivi\u00adduals, with gender and identity deliber\u00adately left ambiguous. Against the backdrop of barren, monumental lands\u00adcapes, the figures appear vulnerable, while nature emerges as an enduring, overpowe\u00adring force that persists beyond human action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His creative process begins with digital compo\u00adsi\u00adtional studies on the computer, where he develops form, light, and line. However, the actual emotional intensity emerges only during the painting process, when the artist works with finely nuanced shades and subtle transi\u00adtions. His charcoal drawings, too, reveal an immense vitality through subtle smudges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibi\u00adtion <em>Fran\u00e7ois Jacob. On the Stage of the Appro\u00adxi\u00admate<\/em> is the artist\u2019s first insti\u00adtu\u00adtional solo exhibi\u00adtion. The Kunst\u00admu\u00adseum Wolfsburg is showing appro\u00adxi\u00admately sixty paintings and drawings across roughly 400 square meters. An accom\u00adpanying publi\u00adca\u00adtion is being released by Verlag der Buchhand\u00adlung Walther und Franz K\u00f6nig, featuring texts by Andreas Beitin, Larissa Kikol, and others, and will also include an interview with the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In coope\u00adra\u00adtion with Botanique, Brussels<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><em>Curator<\/em><br>Andreas Beitin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Curato\u00adrial assis\u00adtance<\/em><br>Linus Jantzen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Press<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enigmatic theatri\u00adca\u00adlity, realms of the indeter\u00admi\u00adnate, and moments of vulnera\u00adbi\u00adlity charac\u00adte\u00adrize the work of the Belgian painter Fran\u00e7ois Jacob (b. 1976). 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