Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp

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    The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.   

    28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018        

    M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen

    EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743

    Paul De Vree

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    (c)image: M HKA
    Een kleine reus viel in de beek verloren, 1965
    Paul De Vree
    Print , 90 x 450 mm
    ink, paper

    Een kleine reus viel in de beek verloren (1965) is a typical example of one of De Vree’s concrete poems. In the poem De Vree repeats this sentence nine times, line by line, omitting the last letter of every word, so that the entire poem and each letter is washed away bit by bit. Using these types of elementary tools, De Vree tries to achieve greater understanding without compromising on depth. The poem is a visual presentation of its own structure.

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