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For her fifth solo exhibition at Galerie Greta Meert, Sophie Nys presents a series of polaroid photographs of Brussels’ iconic Pension Tower. Built in the mid 1960s for the Belgian Federal Pension
Service, this 148 meters skyscraper also known as the South Tower is the tallest building in Belgium. The eighteen photographs taken by Nys from the rooftop of the building where she resides, allegorically stand-in for the number of years that the artist will have to keep working and pay social contributions before she can retire. The legal age of retirement in Belgium is currently set at 67 years …