Anny De Decker and Bernd Lohaus. – Marcel Broodthaers, Lawrence Weiner, Carl Andre, Daniel Buren. – Yves Aupetitallot et al:. Wide White Space, 1966-1976 : Achter het museum = derrière le musée. La Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles / Richter 1994 / 1995. Large heavy 4to in wraps as issued. 339 pages. In Dutch, French and captions in English. Some wear to spine (see photos) else very good clean copy

First edition. Hard-to-find

The Wide White Space Gallery was founded by Anny De Decker and Bernd Lohaus, a former student of Joseph Beuys, in Antwerp in 1966 and was managed by them both until it closed in 1976. Through its close collaboration with such artists as Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Lawrence Weiner, Carl Andre, Daniel Buren and Panamarenko, the Wide White Space Gallery became one of Europe’s leading avant-garde galleries within the short space of only ten years. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Achter het museum – Derrière le muséee at Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, 28.10.-31.12.1994 and MAC, galerie contemporaine des Musées de Marseille, april/may 1996. This publication contains interviews with Anny De Decker and Bernd Lohaus; with the artists Lawrence Weiner and Daniel Buren; with Johannes Cladders, the former director of the Abteiberg Museum in Monchengladbach; and with the collectors Martin Visser and Isi Fiszman. It gives a complete account of the Wide White Space exhibitions and, as such, constitutes an historical survey of contemporary art with special reference to its reception. It lists, for example, all the works shown at each exhibition, with all relevant particulars, and also supplements this information with, amongst other things, references to contemporary reviews, details and/or illustrations of the invitation cards and posters, and photos of the exhibition openings.

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