Exhibition: LATT: new art in Antwerp 1958-1962 #2 must we teach the blind to see?
M HKA, Antwerpen
30 March 2012 - 13 May 2012
© 2012 Eyeworks Belgium
New Art in Antwerp was dedicated to the artist movement G58. Antwerp 1958: alongside a world-class port that grew more every day, was a sleepy, old city where art and culture were not high on the agenda. The meeting between Lode Craeybeckx, Mayor who thinks outside the box, and a group of budding artists who were keen to show their work, led to the creation of G58 Hessen House.
The five episodes of New Art in Antwerp 1958-1962 did not offer a comprehensive view of the facts. They generated distinctive moments and characters. They formed a series of nuanced stories with questionable accents. Each episode was linked to a young Belgian artist whose work relates in content and form to what was then new art.
The second episode was a tribute of G58 to the first abstract painters in Belgium, showing work by Felix De Boeck, Prosper De Troyer, Marthe Donas, Marc Eemans, Pierre-Louis Flouquet, Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Paul Joostens, Jos Leonard, Karel Maes, Jozef Peeters, Victor Servrankx, Georges Vantongerloo and Hubert Wolfs. With an insert of contemporary artist Freek Wambacq.
WorksShow artists
> Jules Schmalzigaug, Dynamische uitdrukking van een snelrijdende motorfiets [Dynamic expression of a fast-riding motorbike], 1915-1916. Painting.
> Georges Vantongerloo, Studies voor Construction dans la sphère (ocno 6), 1917-1918. Drawing, pencil/black en red ink on paper, 2 x (18 x 12.5 cm), 12 x 13 cm, 12.5 x 12.5 cm.
> Georges Vantongerloo, Construction dans la sphère (ocno 6), 1918. Sculpture, diameter 17 cm.
> Jan Kiemeneij, Ontwerp stand scouts feestzaal Meir [Scouts stand-design for Meir banquet-hall], 1920. Painting.
> Edmond Van Dooren, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1920. Painting.
> Marthe Donas, Liggende Vrouw, 1920. Drawing, ink, paper, 17.8 x 26 cm.
> Paul Joostens, Zeemeermin [Mermaid], 1920. Painting, oil, paper, 124 x 104.5 cm.
> Prosper De Troyer, La toilette animeé, 1920. Painting, oil, panel, 149 x 98 cm.
> Victor Servranckx, Opus 1, 1921. Sculpture.
> Victor Servranckx, Paysage nocturne avec bruits de trains, 1923. Painting, oil-paint on picture, 70 x 58 cm.
> Jozef Peeters, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1924. Painting, oil, picture, 191 x 95.5 cm.
> Jos Leonard, Compositie 25, 1925. Painting, oil, paper, 89 x 67 cm.
> Karel Maes, Trein [Train], 1925. Painting, oil, paper, 45 x 60 cm.
> Hubert Wolfs, Locomotief, 1925. Painting, oil-paint on picture, 78 x 90 cm.
> Pierre-Louis Flouquet, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1925. Painting, oil, paper, 149.4 x 120 cm.
> Felix De Boeck, Genesis: De Appelboom, 1926. Painting, oil, cardboard, 46 x 47 cm.
> Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Les Boxeurs, 1927. Painting, oil, canvas, 100 x 113 cm.
> Rene Guiette, De voorstad [Suburb], 1930. Painting, oil, canvas.
> Rene Guiette, Les Peupliers [Poplars], 1932. Photography.
> Rene Guiette, Les Peupliers [Poplars], 1932. Photography.
> Rene Guiette, Les Peupliers [Poplars], 1940. Photography.
> Felix De Boeck, Portret van René Jacobs, 1955. Painting.
> Jan Ceuleers, Nieuwe kunst in Antwerpen 1958 - 1962 (2) : moeten wij blinden leren zien?, 2012. Book, ink, paper, 25.5 x 18.9 cm, 14 p., language : Dutch, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, ISBN : 00025318.
> Jan Ceuleers, Nieuwe kunst in Antwerpen 1958 - 1962, 2012. Book, ink, paper, 25.5 x 19 cm, 103 p., language : Dutch, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, ISBN : 9789072828453.
> Freek Wambacq, Rustling leaves #2, 2012. Sculpture.
> Freek Wambacq, Rustling leaves #1, 2012. Sculpture.
> Freek Wambacq, Construction dans la sphère, 2012. Installation.
> Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Grotesque. Painting, oil, canvas, 96.5 x 78.5 cm.