In her long career as a professional artist, Nadine Fievet boasts over 60 solo exhibitions and 130 group shows in her native country Belgium and other parts of the world such as France, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, Portugal, Morocco, Ho
‘My country which dreams of my colours’ says the caption of the cover for ‘Mimesis, the travelling landscape’ – the first solo exhibition in Qatar of internationally acclaimed Belgian artist Nadine Fievet
For five decades the septuagenarian artist, who makes nature her muse, has mastered the colours and textures of natural landscapes of her country which is very much evident in the pieces on display she created especially for her exhibition at Katara Art Centre. And she did much more, capturing the beauty and splendour of Qatar’s falcons on canvas in her own unique way no artist has ever done.
In her long career as a professional artist, Fievet boasts over 60 solo exhibitions and 130 group shows in her native country Belgium and other parts of the world such as France, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, Portugal, Morocco, Hong Kong and Germany.
Speaking to The Peninsula, literary and art critic and curator Cecilia Burtica said if there’s one thing that makes this artist distinctly exceptional, it’s her vast experience in painting.
“Painting is her life. She has her own technique which can’t be observed in works by other painters in the same league as her. When you see her paintings you can say they’re Nadine’s, they’re her colours,” explained Burtica.
Mimesis refers to the imitation of nature in art and literature which is the essence of the entire exhibition in which the artist provides art connoisseurs and enthusiasts here a juxtaposition of Belgian and Qatari landscape and explores the importance of nature in finding and promoting the identity of a country.
“Landscape, in a way, depicts the identity of a nation. It unites the people and comprises the collective memory of a country,” said the curator.
Landscape painting has been an important and distinctive element in Belgian art. Many Belgian painters like Nadine have found their identity as artists and made it on world stage by depicting the panoramic beauty of their country and their natural heritage.
Nadine’s prolific oeuvre is displayed in museums and art galleries and featured in private and public acquisitions in several countries. The exhibition inspires both artists and art enthusiasts to enjoy and ponder.
