antwerp art box
a temporary art space project using empty store windows throughout Antwerp
most location shots by nattida-jayne kanyachalao
ANTWERP ART BOX 04 with artist Merlyn Paridaen
on view from 12|04 till 16|05|2021
Hopland 47 | 2000 Antwerp
the black box has become a black canvas for Merlyn's words
some words to explain or not
read + look
word/sound rhetoric meaning basic shaped words
ABSTRACTION the material application is METHODICAL
not lyrical CONTENT looking is reading TRANSITION
critique/irony INDUSTRIAL products used in
house-painting decoration and publicity reflect
the real world they are easy at hand FORMAL
reading is looking CODE the PLASTIC quality of
the glossy surfaces carries rhetoric it shines is fragile
and polluting MORAL positive/negative
open/closed 24/7
for the lettering
ANTWERP ART BOX
a temporary art space project
using empty store windows throughout Antwerp
bringing art and some light into the city with limited means
my art sometimes, but i also invite artists, photographers, architects, ...
anybody with a good idea for presenting their art or making an art intervention
walk, ride or drive by
the lights are on till about 24.00
and there's good coffee on the corner
big thanks to sprookjes.eu for letting me use this space
check out #nosuchthingasstraightline to see the rest of the store
#buyartfromlivingartists