M HKA Ensembles

Installation, 300 x 250 x 60 cm.

Collection: Courtesy Annie Gentils Gallery.

On the occasion of 'Memories of Montevideo - The Antwerp Avant-Garde Scene in the Early '80s', my 1987 Guillotine was revived after a 20-year solstice in our basement. Due to the low ceiling in the museum it is shown horizontal, just like Luc Deleu's 'Scale and Perspective' horizontal building crane in Montevideo in 1981.

I met my Guillotine sculpture
In our basement last week
She seemed so glad to see me
She just smiled
And we thought about some old times
And we drew ourselves some blood
Still sharp after all these years
Still sharp after all these years

I'm not the kind of person
Who tends to socialize
I seem to lean on
Old traditional ways
And I ain't no fool for love songs
That whisper in your ears
Still sharp after all these years
Still sharp after all these years

Six in the morning
Wringed out
Jading
Longing my life away
I'll never worry
Why should I?
It's all gonna fade

Now I stand by the window
And I watch the cars
There will be some damage
One fine day
But I will not be convinced
By anyone in here
Still sharp
Still sharp
Still sharp after all these years