Painting
in Flanders after 1980
in Flanders after 1980
Colophon
A publicatio of Openbaar
Kunstbezit in Vlaanderen
Designed by
Rob Buytaert
Annemie Vandezande
Coordinated and edited by
Mark Vanvaeck
Production Manager
Peter Wouters
Production Assistent
Greet Vlegels
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Drukkerij Die Keure, Brugge
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Grafisch Buro Geert Lefevre
Translation
Gregory Ball
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P. Wouters Huis 'den Rhyn'
Hofstraat 15 2000 Antwerp
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ISSN 1373-4873
WD 2005/7892/15
22,0 x 28,0 cm, 52p, softcover
On 19 November 2017 I ripped the 52 pages from Painting in Flanders after 1980, tore them in half and threw them in the Hole I've been Diggin' for Gordon in a basement at an undisclosed location in Antwerpen since 20 February 2006.
The title refers to Gordon Matta-Clark whose last and major work ‘Office Baroque’ in Antwerpen I illegally visited at the start of my career as an artist. The performance/installation evolved into a ‘mash-up’ with ingredients from the works of various avantgarde artists from the 70’s. For instance a slant row of florescent lights inspired by Dan Flavin takes care of lightning and an endless ladder as imagined by Vito Acconci makes it possible to get in and out of the hole. The work was made visible through a number of side actions and performances where I used some of the dirt I had been digging up. Most of the dirt was used to fill up James Lee Byars' tomb.
As of 9 September 2017 the Hole is filled with precious books from my private library.
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