Island

26/10/2026

Pauline François
Théâtre. Existences serviles. Désespoir tranquille., 2020
Sculpture — néon, structure acier, fils, papiers, aluminium L. 150 × l. 60 × H. 175 cm
Pauline François

08/10/2026

Hu Zi
Here is the subtitle of my work,
FKA Twigs X, 2026
76x56.5 cm
Gouache on paper

Part of the exhibition ANASTYLOSIS
Hu Zi

06/10/2026

Paris-based artist Hu Zi is best known for her mesmerizing portraits, imbued with a magnetic quality and a depth that is at once powerful and subdued. Her subjects range from 21st-century celebrities to historical figures, from Greek mythology to references to other artists’ paintings.

While broad in spectrum, every figure in Hu Zi’s work shares an irrefutable strength. The tenderness of her brushwork, paired with colours charged with translucency, balances the intensity of her subjects, adding a tranquil undertone and a pathos that remains accessible to the viewer. Themes of rebellion, toughness and sensuality run throughout her signature approach.

Hu Zi studied at the China Academy of Art and at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris from 2000 to 2007. In 2019, she took part in the artist residency of the Swiss Arts Council.
Part of the exhibition: ANASTYLOSIS
Hu Zi

29/09/2026

1 #
Charlotte Flamand
Melchior de Tinguy

Wall : Melchior de Tinguy,
Omo, 2024, London
50 x 40 cm
Fabric

Floor : Charlotte Flamand,
L’espace du coeur, 2026,
300 x 100 cm
PUL fabric, resin cast

2 #
Charlotte Flamand,
Sertraline 150 mg/day, 2026
Pigment print on Canson Baryta
Photographique Satin 310 gsm
43 × 28 cm

3 #
Charlotte Flamand
Coquille (Shell), 2026
Oil, egg, resin cast

4 #
Charlotte Flamand,
Sertraline 150 mg/day, 2026
Pigment print on Canson Baryta
Photographique Satin 310 gsm
43 × 28 cm

5 #
wall : Charlotte Flamand
Doublures (Linings), 2026
PUL fabric, wadding, magnets,
B&W print on satin paper 200 gsm
16 × 12.5 cm each

Floor : Romain Lecornu
Unknown death,
mixed media, skull,
H 105 × L 62 × W 62 cm

Romain Lecornu
charlotte flamand

25/09/2026

1 #
Francesca Comune
Bended
Pass-partout cardboard, different sizes magnets, inflatable sports balls.

#2
Francesca Comune
Studio heat
Laser Print on Fuji Film photo paper mounted on calligraphy paper, passe-partout cardboard frame.
29,7 x 42 cm
Editions of 3

Part of the exhibition: ANASTYLOSIS
Francesca Comune

24/09/2026

Francesca Comune

Born in Naples in 1997 and based in Brussels, Francesca Comune moved from Milan’s fashion publishing world to photography at ARBA-ESA, where she earned her MFA in Visual and Spatial Arts. She received the Roger de Conynck Prize (2021) and the Tour à Plomb Prize (2023).

Her practice spans photography, writing, installation, research and publishing. Each project is a site-specific inquiry into transitional places shaped by production, consumption and speed, and into her Neapolitan roots, tracing the memories and tensions they hold.

📍 Francesca is part of Anastylosis, our group exhibition at Island.
Until 5 October 2026, rue Franz Merjay 182, 1050 Ixelles

Brussels Photography Installation SiteSpecific Francesca Comune

22/09/2026

Anna Safiatou Touré Anna Safiatou Touré
The Faces Collection 2
Unique piece
Brussels, 2026
816 sculptures in red terracotta
Piece dimensions
approx. 2–6 cm in height, 1–3 cm in width — pierced at the back
Imprints made from a collection of 12 ceramic fèves (trinkets), replicas of African masks, produced in 2001.
Part of the exhibition: ANASTYLOSIS

21/09/2026

Anna Safiatou Touré (1996)
is a French-Malian multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels. Her work explores the space that unites or separates the two sides of every migratory narrative.
The path through this personal, historical and cultural blend fills, for her, empty or unanswered spaces. At her own scale, she materializes this absence by creating her own evidence to make history heard. Could the world not be told in reverse, like a stencil, from the edge of its outline?
Photo credit: Aliki Christoforou
Anna Safiatou Touré

16/09/2026

Anastylosis
Bruno Brunet
Untitled
Archival pigment print on canvas
mixed media
30 x 40 cm ( 11.81 x 15.75 in)
2026
«  Bruno Brunet’s work explores the materials of public space, the social fabric, the codes of conduct taught around them, and how they’re inevitably broken. Depicting the destruction of public property, Brunet references the plastic seat covers on Brussels public buses. Yet he recreates and recontextualizes these small public destructions within a minimalist frame—the white canvas—drawing attention to the nuance of an act that tells the story of a figure pushing back against the banal repetition of modern society. These delicate interventions give voice and language, history and character to the overlooked, everyday scenes of contemporary life.
Growing up in the Brussels suburbs, Brunet often caught the first trains into the city center and the last ones out. On these trains, he frequently saw young men, teenagers—« tough guys, or maybe just lonely, bored guys »—vandalizing the train, holding a lit lighter and melting imprints into the plastic seat covers. Brunet remembers the smoke filling the empty carriages, but above all the patterns, the « constellations » these strangers created.
Witnessing these interventions deeply shaped Brunet’s understanding of art and who was « allowed » to make it. From this formative experience, his creative identity took shape. By reconstructing this public intervention on white canvas and hanging it on the walls of a respected art institution, Brunet’s positioning as a hybrid artist becomes clear. While counted among the chosen few, he channels the outsider—and the very tool used to create these memories is also on display. Recreated as a ghostly trophy and placed on a pedestal, a final lighter is commemorated. » Bruno Brunet

24/08/2026