68 - FABRE JAN (b. 1958) EEN BREINBOOM (A BRAIN TREE). 2008. Silicone, fired polymer clay, acrylic paint. 34 x 29 x 24 cm. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist on a photograph and a certificate of authenticity from the Deweer Gallery signed by the artist.PROVENANCE: Private collection, Belgium; Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium; Private collection, Naples; Private collection, Florence. EXHIBITIONS: Hortus/Corpus - Jan Fabre, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, April 10 – September 4, 2011; Medicine and Art: Imagining a Future for Life and Love, Mori Art Museum, Roppongi, November 28, 2009 – February 28, 2010 BIBLIOGRAPHY Hortus/Corpus - Jan Fabre, Stefan Hertmans, Evert van Straaten, Kröller-Müller Museum, NAi Publishers, 2011 Medicine and Art: Imagining a Future for Life and Love, Mori Art Museum, Heibonsha, 2009The brain is one of the most recurring themes in Jan Fabre’s work; he has explored it through sculptures and drawings as a metaphor for knowledge, imagination, and processes of transformation. For the artist, the brain is not merely the organ responsible for thought, but a veritable inner universe, in constant motion and capable of generating new forms and possibilities. In the work presented here, this reflection takes the form of a tree sprouting directly from the brain. Nature thus becomes an extension of thought, while plant growth serves as a metaphor for the mind’s creative capacity. The dialogue between the anatomical element and the organic form encapsulates one of the fundamental themes of Fabre’s artistic vision: metamorphosis as a permanent condition of existence, suspended between body, nature, and imagination.