Midi de l'Art: Monique Becker - Where the light goes quiet
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Where the Light Goes Quiet presents a group of works created over the past nine years by Luxembourgish artist Monique Becker (born 1958), tracing the evolution of artistic trajectories developed between 2017 and 2025. The exhibition marks her seventh solo collaboration with Valerius Gallery.
Monique Becker's large-format paintings are built up in layers of thick, textured material, creating dense, almost sculptural surfaces. For Becker, black is far from neutral: it is a charged, deliberate, and meaningful choice. Her works do not tell a linear story; rather, they invite viewers to slow down, observe closely, and engage with what lies beneath the surface. The process of layering becomes for the artist a way of both revealing and concealing—a constant negotiation between control and vulnerability.
Becker's work resists quick interpretation; it requires time, attention, and emotional openness — like an intimate encounter. Becker's works feature in the collections of MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, MNAHA – Musée National d’Archéologie, d’Histoire et d’Art, and the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg.
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Guided tour in French by Monique Becker. Organized on the proposal of Valerius Gallery. Elvire Geiben will welcome the Friends of the Museums for this Midi de l'Art.
Galerie Indépendance, BIL headquarters, 69, route d'Esch, Luxembourg-Hollerich.
Automatically translated from French.
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