Self-Portraits (2013)
22 SELF-PORTRAITS
An uncompromising artist who seeks the confrontation with his surroundings in his works in the most direct way, finally clashes with himself. That is why the genre of the self-portrait runs like a thread through Fred Bervoets' oeuvre and why he adorns his museum room with 22 self-portraits. With ensorcelled self-mockery and irony, Bervoets depicts his daily tormentors: from a visit to the dentist to more existential private perils. By showing himself to his public without censorship, an intimate bond is created between artist and viewer, giving Bervoets' work a distinctly universal character.