Trompe-l’oeil installation 'Rouge Royal', collaboration with Sofia Boubolis / Sparewheel / Brussels /2024
Photography: Martin D'Aldin

Rouge Royal / 136cm X 240cm X 126cm / Oil painting on insulation material / supported by wooden railway sleepers

Details of the imitation marble: Belgian red with hand-painted stickers and magazine clippings from my personal collection.
Cerfontaine is a nearby municipality close to the ‘Beauchateau’ marble quarry.

Trompe-l’oeil painting of the article: “Le monolithe géant est abattu.” In 1934, the last piece of red marble was quarried in Beauchateau

Trompe-l’oeil painting of a found engraving: “Jonas stinkt.” Ever since the last marble block fell in 1934, passersby have been leaving their messages on the walls.