Phantasmagoria - Raymond Minnen

Raymond Minnen (born in 1950, Mol, Belgium) is a Belgian visual artist and sculptor known for his imaginative and ironic approach to everyday objects. Based in Mol, where he also runs his studio-gallery Toet-Anch-Ramôn, Minnen has been active in the visual arts since the late 1970s. His work spans sculpture, assemblage, and mixed-media objects that explore the boundaries between reality and imagination, culture and counterculture, and the sacred and the banal. By reinterpreting common or kitsch objects — often with humour and critical reflection — he challenges conventional notions of value and meaning in art and society. Minnen’s spatial works were featured in the 1988 publication Raymond Minnen: Ruimtelijk Werk (Spatial Work), and his art has been exhibited widely in Belgium. In 2025, his 75th birthday was celebrated with a major retrospective exhibition titled ExpLositie – An Outburst of Artistic Violence. He continues to live and work in Mol, where his art remains deeply connected to the cultural and material landscape of the Kempen region. With contributions from Rik Van Braband, Karel Van Beek, Karel Byl, Luc Van Craenendonck, Willem Elias, Ivo Verheyen, Karen Delfosse, Benny Madalijns, Alain de Wasseige, Annelies Nagels.