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Luc Peire’s work</a> but also actively supported him.</p><p>In the 1960s, Roland De Brock took on the coordination of the expansion works for the studio at 64 Judestraat, located in the old village center of Knokke-Heist.</p><p>Years after Peire’s death in 1994, the Jenny and Luc Peire Foundation was established, with Roland De Brock as its first chairman – a fitting tribute to his dedication and support for Peire. He passed away on August 22, 2012. Linear. Luc Peire and Roland De Brock tells the exceptional story of a unique friendship between an artist and a collector.</p><p><br></p>" />

Mu.ZEE in Ostend is undergoing renovation, while the FeliX Art &amp; Eco Museum in Drogenbos offers a new museum context for the Mu.ZEE collection. In Between Spaces refers to the nomadic nature of this exhibition, beyond the familiar walls of the Ostend institution.</p><p>The title also refers to an "in-between world" created by one specific artwork that is central to this narrative: PREFAB. Frankfurter Küche stands also for women in kitchens, but great chefs are man (2012) by Aglaia Konrad. She was inspired by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, who designed the Frankfurter Küche in 1926, a true example of modular, prefabricated building. She is the central figure in PREFAB, which sets up an intriguing network of modernist contemporaries, sources of inspiration, spheres of influence, and philosophical and urbanistic utopias. The installation zooms in on the invisible power and influence of women within this evolution.</p><p>From this artwork, several narrative threads spread throughout the museum, forming a new spatial collection assembly. From a shared space where the balance between humans and nature wavers to an elusive in-between world. From a kaleidoscopic, photography-inspired look at the position of women in art and society to a city of dreams, the bubble of an ideal utopian image. From the modern city with its design and aesthetics to a story about abstraction that breaks and re-evaluates thought frameworks.</p><p><br></p>" />