Oeufs / Eggs

Belgian artist, poet and filmmaker Marcel Broodthaers (1924-76) loved Oeufs and Eggs, he used many of them as a subject for his paintings and installations in the 1960s.

We made a little collection out of some of his works containing Oeufs/eggs. These works, in white, are part of collections of various museum’s of modern art from allover the world. (see below)

“All is eggs. The world is an egg. The world is born of the great yolk, the sun.”
-– Marcel Broodthaers,1966.

(Oeufs (Eggs), Marcel Broodthaers, 1966, collection S.M.A.K)

The image above is part of the ‘Broodthaerscabinet’: a space that museum S.M.A.K. in Brussels has created for the presentation of the works by Broodthaers from the museum’s collection. The cabinet will be opened through 02.09.18.

Painting with stool and eggs, 1966. Museo Reina Sofia

Four eggs, 1966. MoMA

White Cabinet and White Table 1965. MoMA

Oeufs (Eggs), 1965/’66. Christies

Moules/ Mussels

Marcel Broodthaers was also intrigued by Moules/Mussels besides eggs. If you’re interested read all all about that here Marcel-Broodthaers

(images via moma.org / museoreinasofia.es / moma.org / christies.com / smak.be )