Cultuur Gent

The cultural service of the city of Ghent
Desencuentro

Desencuentro

In 2020, Ghent is paying tribute to Jan Van Eyck with the thematic year 'OMG! Van Eyck was here'. For this reason, the City of Ghent has invited several international top artists to embellish the city centre with a work of art inspired by the Ghent Altarpiece.

For Desencuetro Bosoletti tried to look at the Ghent Altarpiece through the eyes of the van Eyck brothers themselves. The panels depicting Adam and Eve attracted his attention right away. They seem to embrace all other elements of the historic masterpiece. Bosoletti states that there might not have been a story if Adam and Eve had not met, and applies this theory to our own reality: every single encounter we have may change the course of our history.

Bosoletti was born in Armstrong, a small village in the Argentinian province of Santa Fe. He currently works from Italy, where his work has garnered considerable attention. He is quite renowned in the international urban art scene and participated in various projects in Europe and America.

Work - Bosoletti