"Self portrait as the biggest worm of the world"

Friday April 18, 2008 in Paris.
Jan Fabre @ Le Louvre
In other installations, new elements are introduced. The Venice version of The man spitting on his grave (Palazzo Benzon, 2007) has been recycled as 'Self portrait as the biggest worm of the world' (2008). Jan Fabre hanging from the ceiling has been replaced by Jan Fabre as an earthworm, repeating the phrase 'I want to draw my head out of the hangman's rope of history': a seemingly humble gesture, which is immediately spoiled by the artist's contention that this creature 'fertilises the soil', if not by the sole new title: Fabre is the biggest among other earthworms - great artists and philosophers, who have been reduced to the status of insect.