Mon De Rijck · Mon De Rijck, Carl's father
1976 - "Artistic Safari" at Château Malou
To put the lending gallery in the spotlight, Mon De Rijck turned the castle into a jungle: a terracotta colonial helmet, lianas, animals from the Tervuren Museum and an "art hunt". All the Art Safari press, from the 1976 clipping to The Bulletin's "Cover Story".
1976 - "Artistic Safari" at Château Malou
In 1976, a press article (unreferenced newspaper) described the "Artistic Safari" devised by Mon De Rijck, with the help of the Tervuren Museum, to enliven the Château Malou gallery in Woluwe: a black curtain, a terracotta colonial helmet, the gloom of a mock jungle, lianas, vaults of green plants, animal silhouettes and chirping sounds. Visitors are invited "to hunt for the paintings, drawings and prints they would like to take home".
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1976 - Le Soir: "The artistic safari of Château Malou"
In December 1976, Le Soir devoted an article in its Culture section to the Artistic Safari, signed with the initials D. G.: "Since it is said that people get bored at art exhibitions, the Château Malou artwork lending gallery has just devised a hanging formula that some will find original: an artistic safari." The visitor becomes an "art hunter", greeted by a few African animals borrowed from the Tervuren Museum, a mini-jungle at the entrance and a soundscape of roaring beasts and chirping birds.
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1976 - The Bulletin: "Art Safari in the Suburbs" (interior article)
On 24 December 1976, the English-language magazine The Bulletin devoted its "Cover Story" to the Art Safari: "Art Safari in the Suburbs", by Harold Bishop. Mon De Rijck made the cover (the safari poster) and posed in front of the Château Malou in a collage specially made for the exhibition.
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1976 - "Be art hunters"
In December 1976, an article signed A.V. (unreferenced newspaper) invited its readers: "Be art hunters". It profiles Mon De Rijck, "director-animator of the artwork lending gallery at Château Malou", a sculptor born in Ninove, former director of the National Foundry, who set up his own foundry "placed at artists' disposal", and recalls his previous happenings: the Truc-Troc, "5.000 - 5.000", the "Labyrinth of Mirrors" and "L'anti-antipeinture".
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