Prix des Arts Luxembourgeois 2024 - Marc Henri Reckinger.
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We have teamed up with the city of Dudelange / Dominique Lang & Nei Liicht Art Centres to pay tribute to the artist Marc Henri Reckinger (1940-2023). Trained in Brussels, Vienna and Paris, Reckinger was a pioneering force in the Luxembourg art scene. In the late 1960s, this art teacher co-founded two important protest art movements: the Konsdrëffer Scheier, then the Arbeitsgruppe Kunst (1968), later renamed Initiative 69. Driven by a libertarian spirit and an anti-conformist tendency, he was among the first to explore unusual forms of expression in Luxembourg, such as pop art, hard edge and conceptual art.
Reckinger's humanist ideals and social activism briefly led him into left-wing politics, but he returned to his artistic practice in the late 1970s, exploring a realist approach devoid of frills and artifice. For Reckinger, the message always had to be simple, accessible, and combative. His works are a cry of rebellion: against social injustice, against capitalism, against the establishment, and against art itself.
The museum pays tribute to the winner of the Lëtzebuerger Konschtpräis 2024 Visual Arts Prize, awarded every two years by the Ministry of Culture, with an exhibition featuring works that illustrate Marc Henri Reckinger's fierce commitment to art and politics. Discover the world of this pioneer, where art is continually put to the service of the struggle.
Where does it take place?
Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart
Nationalmusée fir Geschicht a Konscht
Ville-Haute Luxembourg
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