Walter Raes will be exhibiting his new installation, ‘Dun Roamin’ at Oratory House, adjacent to the V&A museum in the heart of London Design Festival this September.
Raes was born in Belgium, and though he has lived and worked in London since 1989, he is steeped in the Belgian surrealist tradition that includes René Magritte & his soul mate, E.L.T. Mesens, the Brussels Surrealists, the Hainaut Group, Pol Bury and Marcel Broodthaers.
Best known for transforming ‘trash’ into art, and a witty use of surprising materials, Raes has released a succession of eye-popping works through WalterWorks.
His ‘wearable art’, such as the Cassette Tape Boogie Dress, highly praised by the late Isabella Blow, and has been making headlines for some years.
