Famous Underwear Displayed as Fine Art in Belgium

Travel Blog  •  Alicia Imbody  •  07.20.09 | 12:23 PM ET

Belgian artist Jan Bucquoy has just opened the “Musee du Slip,” or underpants museum, a destination sure to appeal to those visitors already flocking to the nearby Brussels landmark Manneken-Pis. Bucquoy told Reuters that the framed underwear, donated mostly by Belgian artists, singers and politicians, represents a utopian longing for an equal society:  “If you are scared of someone, just imagine them in their underpants. The hierarchy will fall and you will see that this is a guy like any other. We are all equal, all brothers.” 

If you can’t make it to Belgium to see the aforementioned unmentionables, Bucquoy is planning a fall exhibition in Paris where he hopes to showcase underwear from Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, Carla Bruni, and perhaps long shots like the Pope or Iranian President Ahmadinejad, articles he’s sure tourists would line up to see.


Alicia Imbody is a former World Hum intern and an international development consulant based out of Washington D.C.


3 Comments for Famous Underwear Displayed as Fine Art in Belgium

Grizzly Bear Mom 07.20.09 | 1:01 PM ET

It seems to me that people in power need it to get their jobs done.  Who wants a president no more powerful than oneself?  We the citizens need to ensure that we vote for people with integrity that can get the job done.

Ling 07.21.09 | 10:32 AM ET

Personally speaking, I think every politician should be made to wear a superman outfit while taking the oath of office. Would stop them from being such pompous jerks.

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