An exhibition featuring works by Alain Arias-Misson and Paul De Vree, complemented by works by Gaston De Mey, Henri Chopin, Maarten Inghels, Marcel Mariën, Wim Nival, Guy Schraenen, ...

curator: prof. Christoph Schulz

The exhibition focuses on works which suggest an extension of traditional understandings of poetry and literature – and that thus shed a light on the relation between the written and the visual arts. Expanding the idea of writing and reading, they are an invitation to think about how the visual arts and literature not only complement each other but can actually intertwine in fascinating ways.

Known for his concrete and visual poetry, Paul de Vree, born at the beginning of the 20th century in Antwerp, is a legendary figure in the history of experimental poetry whose influence continues until today. Alongside his contemporary Paul van Ostaijen, another Antwerpian, he is one of the internationally renowned “flemisch voices” in this field. But unlike van Ostaijen, who deceased already in 1928, he could continue to develop his work and took part in the awakening of the arts that came along with the 1960s and 70s – two decades of recent art history coined by many artists putting established notions of what constitutes the different artistic disciplines to the test and radically questioning their conventions. The exhibition features an occasion to experience rarely seen works from the poet’s family including the short film Mijn Evanaaste (1963) with sound poems read by de Vree. [read more...]

Artists: Alain Arias-Misson, Paul De Vree, Gaston De Mey, Henri Chopin, Maarten Inghels, Marcel Mariën, Wim Nival, Guy Schraenen