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Item: Circular Movement
1960
Postcard, 60 x 60 cm.
Materials: oil, canvas
Collection: Collection Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp.
Before Mark Verstockt begins working in de context of minimal art with simple geometric forms, he is already a talented informal painter with a preference for sombre tints, up to and including monochrome black. In 1960 he is selected for the groundbreaking exhibition Monochrome Malerei in Leverkusen. Alongside artists including Fontana, Yves Klein, Manzoni … as well as Leblanc, Van Hoeydonck and Verheyen. Verstockt in the catalogue on his work: ‘creation of another universe, that bears its raison d’être within itself and where the apparent resemblance to some fantastical landscape is only accidental.’
