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Ger van Elk

Ger van Elk Piece made in one hour 1968

Ger van Elk, ‘Piece made in one hour’ (1968)


Luis Camnitzer

luis_camnitzer-This is a mirror.You are a written sentence-1966

Luis Camnitzer, ‘This is a mirror. You are a written sentence’ (1966)


Ger van Elk

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‘La Pièce’ (1971), by Ger van Elk.

In 1971, Van Elk lacquered a small block of wood (7 x 9,5 cm) white, while on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, just West of Iceland, in the purest air in the world. It was exhibited in the group show ‘Sonsbeeck buiten de perken’. Van Elk considered it a “European answer” to the megalomaniac artworks that American artists like Richard Serra and Robert Smithson were showing there.


Ger van Elk

Ger Van Elk_Zig Zag River I, 1979

Ger van Elk, ‘Zig Zag River I’ (1979)


Jan Dibbets

JanDibbets_Horizon Land-Sea 0_90_1973

Jan Dibbets, ‘Horizon Land / Sea 0°-90°’ (1973)