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for which he uses a drawing table from the architecture department and a drawing device. EX — Kraam 69, Ledeberg, Kunstmarkt, 29 – 31.8 1969.
The Plus Kern Gallery participates with a “graphic shop,” displaying silk prints and graphical works by, among others, Ph. Van Snick. [B] Biographical Elements [G] Galleries [R] Reading [E / I] Encounters and Influences [TH / W] Themes and Works [EX] Exhibitions [A / ED] Assignments and Editions
— 223 m 3, Ghent, Plus Kern, 16.9 – 26.10 1969. Participants : Harmen Abma, Marinus Boezem, Bill Bollinger, Gianfredo Camesi, Erwin Heerich, Bernd Lohaus, Guy Mees, Willy Orskov, Blinky Palermo, Charlotte Posenenske, Philippe Van Snick. Ph. Van Snick exhibits Diafragma [12]: sailcloth fully covering a wall of the Plus Kern space, stretched in between that wall’s two corners, with a forward tilted frame in between the wall and the cloth. (This same sailcloth he later used for drawing an ellipse on it ; the cloth is damaged). [12] Diafragma, 1969
During this exhibition, via Yves De Smet he came into contact with Marc Poirier dit Caulier (X-one Gallery) and Guy Mees. Commissioned by the BRT, Jef Cornelis realized a film about Plus Kern, broadcasted on 25 September. The film, in which Yves De Smet, Guy Mees, and Philippe Van Snick participate, deals with the role of the Plus Kern as intermediary between the artist and the public. At the occasion of the exhibition, an issue of Plus-Nieuws is published by Plus Kern (Centrum voor Konstruktieve Vormgeving, nr. 1, 16.9 1969, Ghent) with a contribution on the upcoming participation of Willy Plompen, Jan Van Den Abbeel, and Philippe Van Snick in the VI Biennale des Jeunes in Paris. Contribution of Ph. Van Snick : Trois Belges à Paris (3), Gand, le 8 août 1969 (all quotes below translated from French) :
“the reality of an object is convincing — my objects and constructions are not a copy of reality, but they are made of elements from it — a clear language — I plunge man into ‘his’ reality.” [Van Snick]
“I say that the spirit and life are connected with each other at all levels.” [Artaud]
“art ‘is’ constructive (general thought).” [Van Snick]
1960 -1969
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