There are some images that are particularly meaningful to us. In my case, some of them are from Belgian art. Combining them, I made a Belgian Spices Composition that in turn led to a number of variations. As a whole, these explorations constitute a Belgian Collage. Hasn't art got lots to do with the exploration of new possibilities?

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1. Mariano Akerman, Belgian Species, digital composition, April 2009

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2. Museum of Fine Arts

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3. Tessellation Toy

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4. Art-appreciation Lecture

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5. Mega Exhibition

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6. Petite Encyclopédie Belge, p. 325

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7. Modern Art Gallery

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8. Jigsaw Puzzle

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9. International Biennale

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10. Collective Mural

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Artists whose work has been included in the Belgian Spices Composition, fig. 1: René Magritte, Rogier de la Pasture, Joris Hoefnagel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Léon Spilliaert, Georges Lemmen, Armand de Beul, Hendrik Goltzius, Jan van Eyck, Fernand Khnopff, James Ensor, David Teniers the Younger, Philippe Wolfers, Jean-Michel Follon.

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Artworks: The Grand Family (Magritte), Portrait of a Young Lady (De la Pasture, c. 1430-45), Tulips and Other Living Beings (Hoefnagel, 1591), The Natural Graces (Magritte, 1963), Big Fish ate Little Fish (Brueghel, 1556), Vertigo (Spilliaert, 1908), Sunset (Lemmen, 1891), The Taste of Tears (Magritte, 1948), Picking Up the Potatoes (De Beul), Portrait of Charles the Bold (De la Pasture, 1460), Monkey on a Chain (Goltzius, 1597), This Not an Apple (Magritte, 1964), Self-Portrait with Red Turban (Van Eyck, 1433), My Heart weeps for the Past (Khnopff, 1889), Clairvoyance (Magritte, 1936), The Tavern (Teniers, 1658), Skeletons fighting over a Smoked Herring (Ensor, 1891), Dragonfly (Wolfers, 1900), Yes to Peace (Folon).     

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Many thanks to all those who share with us their creative tools, keeping high our motivation to explore new possibilities. Mariano Akerman 

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