Eric van Hove, ‘Exonomie’ (2010)
A recomposition of an original bookshelf (Section 2A) which disappeared some 40 years ago during the splitting of the Universiteit Leuven following the franco-dutch linguistic separatist movement in Belgium in 1971.
1000 borrowed books from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) and 1000 books borrowed from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL).
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged action, belgium, books, collection, DIY, eric van hove, found, installation, katholieke universiteit, language, leuven, library, linguistic, politics, romance, sculpture, separatist, text, unite, université catholique, university, unknown
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A model of the Open Hand Monument (ca. 1956 – 1959), by Le Corbusier.
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Posted in Abstraction
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Also tagged architect, chandigarh, design, French, give, government, India, Le Corbusier, leitmotif, model, open hand monument, peace, prosperity, public art, public space, romance, sculpture, swiss, symbol, symbolic, take, theme, unknown, wall
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