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An interview by
and
, curator
curator
Jean-Marie Guyaux
likend it to a shade of grey, the prevalent
color of the Belgian skies…neither here nor
there. Studying math and science at St
Louis where I wasn’t a particularly diligent
student, in my mind confirmed my disdain
for the dominant conformism of the
culture. The arts weren’t much in the
genes of my family and they weren’t
included much in the Belgian educational
system either. In my teens I remember
being impressed by Rene Magritte and his
I grew up in Brussels, a city of one million
people, culturally and linguistically divided
Flemish and French speaking. It was a
challenge as well a source of enrichment. I
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