L'envers de l'ordinaire (The Flipside of Ordinary) is an exhibition that brings together two artists: Marianne Berenhaut (1934, Brussels) and Hana Miletić (1983, Zagreb). No doubt owing to the generation gap between them, the two major artists of the Belgian scene have never had the opportunity to exhibit together.

Berenhaut is a sculptor whose approach has flourished since the 1960s through a multitude of gestures (firstly, casting, followed by collage and assemblage). In her sculptures, objects – found on the street or in second-hand stores – are superimposed, covered or rest one on top of the other. In her artworks, the objects of everyday life take the form of bodies or become flowers in electrical wiring or rugby scrums with empty bottles, among other things. In an interview, she said: “When I finish a piece, I observe that it always has something to do with people. I am often well aware that these are not people, and yet they are people..”¹ Poupées poubelles: Ville et campagne…