Antwerp
Callewaert Vanlangendonck Gallery
On now
- Callewaert Vanlangendonck Gallery is pleased to present ‘Shifting Perspectives’, a dialogue between Albert Rubens (b. 1944) and Jan van den Abbeel (1943–2018), two distinctive voices within Belgian Constructivism. Their artistic trajectories share a common origin in the Ghent art scene of the 1960s and the context of the PLUS Group, which broke decisively with the expressive and lyrical tendencies of its time. In their place emerged a rational visual language centred on geometry, colour, rhythm and a new relationship between the work of art and its surrounding space. From this shared context, Rubens and Van den Abbeel developed distinctly individual practices. Van den Abbeel explored how systematic structures and colour could generate optical movement and spatial tension. Rubens pursued an ongoingDescription
Shifting Perspectives Albert Rubens - Jan van den Abbeel
Until 22 Nov 2026
Recent past exhibitions
Kontrasten 47 | 67 Alechinsky, Bertrand, Bogart, Burssens, Cox, Delahaut, D'haese, De Leeuw, Gentils, Guiette, Mara, Mendelson, Mortier, Peire, Van Anderlecht, Van Breedam, Vandenbranden, Van Hoeydonck, Vandercam, Van Severen, Verheyen, Wyckaert
Ended 18 Apr 2026