What is Jan Fabre?
[[file:Expo les pietas a venise 2011 - jan fabre.jpg|thumb|Fabre in 2011]] '''Jan Fabre''' (born December 14, 1958 in [[Antwerp]])<ref name=bio/> is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[artist]], [[playwright]], [[theatre director|stage director]], [[choreographer]] and [[designer]]. He studied at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and the [[Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)|Royal Academy of Fine Arts]] in Antwerp. Between 1976 and 1980 he wrote his first scripts for the theatre. From 1980 he began his career as a stage director and stage designer. Fabre is famous for his ''Bic-art'' (ballpoint drawings). In 1990, he covered an entire building with ballpoint drawings. His decoration of the ceiling of the Royal Palace in Brussels is called ''Heaven of Delight''. It is made out of one million six hundred thousand jewel-scarab wing cases. In 2008, Jan Fabre's ''The Angel of Metamorphosis'' exhibition was held at the [[Louvre Museum]]. In September 2018, Fabre was accused by 20 former employees of sexual harassment.<ref>[https://hyperallergic.com/461224/jan-fabre-metoo-accusations/ Belgian Artist Jan Fabre Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by 20 Former Members of His Troupe]</ref> ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=About Jan Fabre|url=http://janfabre.be/about-jan-fabre/}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabre, Jan}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Belgian artists]] [[Category:Designers]] [[Category:Writers from Antwerp]] [[Category:Belgian playwrights]]