Since the late 1960s, the artist Jean Glibert has devoted himself to his artistic process, in which he integrates colour into architecture and public spaces. His minimalist interventions blend inextricably with the building or space in question, emphasising or redefining its visual and physical characteristics. The remarkable and idiosyncratic nature of his body of work has led to collaborations with numerous architects, engineers and contractors, such as Michel De Visscher, Daniel Dethier, Pierre Hebbelinck, Alain Hinant and Bureau Greisch. In October, the Centre for Fine Arts is dedicating a welcome retrospective to the artist. This provided Anaël Lejeune with the opportunity to meet Jean Glibert in his studio, where they discussed his career and his views on artistic interventions in architecture.

Anaël Lejeune – You studied at La Cambre (1957–1961) in the Monumental Painting studio. You would later go on to teach there yourself. Why did you choose painting at the time rather than architecture, a discipline in which you were already interested?