Liam Gillick: A Max De Vos

A fairy tale in 25 chapters, littered with Belgian proverbs, “A Max De Vos” alternates between a flaneuristic tour of the historical surroundings of the Brussels Palace of Fine Arts and the fortunes of a young artist making his way to that very institution, without ever arriving. Part fiction, part autobiographical, the novel also takes cues from historical sources on the Brussels Palace of Fine Arts and a 1918 British book of stories collected by Jean De Bosschere titled “Folk Tales of Flanders”.