Page 55 - Studio Internatinal - October 1974

One of the characteristics of contemporary art
is that the contents of the work is of a
dialectic nature and there exists an interaction
between the work and its surroundings.
It is symptomatic that the relation between
the individual shapes and their totality,
between the actual parts and the entire picture
are always relevant to Rubens's work.
The small pictures, perfect visual objects in
a living room, require space. Their forms are
completely linked with their content and
create a sense of balance, rhythm and an
illusion of reality. The same pictures, enlarged
twenty times on a three dimensional scale,
stand out on their own, black and white as
modern totems. (Extracts from a statement
by I. M. Labeeu.)

(Top row) Ghiribizzi IIIIIIIIIIVIV 1973-74 5 parts
on acryl/canvas 60x60cm each.
(Centre left) Studies 1974.
(Centre right) Studies 1973.
(Bottom left) Composition lellvIlIalV 1973-74 acryl/
canvas 200x200cm.
(Bottom right) Composition bll 1974 acryl/canvas 90x90cm.