05.03.26, 17:30, Book presentation Beyond Brutalism, Angelique Campens

Drawing on more than a decade of research, Beyond Brutalism and the Postwar Architecture–Sculpture Network explores how artists and architects reimagined the relationship between sculpture, architecture and public space in the decades after the Second World War. Moving beyond Brutalism as a style, the book uncovers a network of collaborations, magazines, and experiments that sought to integrate art into everyday life; from sculptural buildings to artworks encountered in motion and in public space. During this presentation, Angelique Campens reflects on the making of the book and revisits the postwar ambition of a synthèse des arts, the idea that art, architecture, and lived experience can form a shared environment

Angelique Campens is an art and architecture historian, curator, and writer whose work reshapes how we understand the intersections of sculpture and architecture, monumental public sculpture and sculptural concrete. Campens previously published works on Juliaan Lampens, Jacques Moeschal and André Bloc. She holds a PhD in Art sciences at Ghent University, teaches at KASK & Conservatorium and serves as Review Editor for Public Art Dialogue.

The book will not be for sale on the event. More information on the publication here.