{"id":2434,"title":"INBOX: George Smits. Episode 2: MAFprint experimentele zeefdrukken \u0026 affiches / Underground comics 'De verhalen van Jan' / Super 8 films 'The Colour Company Presents' / Schilderijen","date_begin":"2015-11-26T00:00:00.000+01:00","date_end":"2016-01-03T00:00:00.000+01:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/993/large/GSmits_1986_2.jpg?1448454802","poster_credits":"Courtesy of the Estate George Smits, Antwerp"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"INBOX: George Smits. Episode 2: MAFprint experimentele zeefdrukken \u0026 affiches / Underground comics 'De verhalen van Jan' / Super 8 films 'The Colour Company Presents' / Schilderijen","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpisode 2\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e27.11.2015 \u0026ndash; 03.01.2016\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Smits (Antwerp, 1944-1997) was a\u0026nbsp;versatile musician and artist and an established name since the mid-1960s\u0026nbsp;in the Antwerp underground art scene. He preferred to described himself as a beatnik.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDuring his studies at the Brussels Sint-Lucas Institute he joins Ferre Grignard. At that time the Antwerp music bar\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Muse\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is the base of Ferres skiffle band. George Smits - also known as \u0026#39;den Toet \u0026#39;- plays harmonica and guitar.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this second episode works are displayed which Smits made under MAFprint. MAFprint stands for Mad Artist Foundation: a \u0026quot;\u003cem\u003eone man association for the promotion of cheap art forms, art forms for a wider audience: posters, comics, actions with an experimental mobile screen printing workshop\u003c/em\u003e.\u0026quot; In 1969 MAFprint moves in with ERCOLA - Experimental Research Center of Liberal Arts - which had developed into a meeting place for the Antwerp art scene in the early 1970s. The wacky alter ego of George Smits also makes an appearance in this episode in\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDe Verhalen van Jan\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1970 George Smits gains recognition with his light installations\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Colour Company\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and delves into the painting techniques of the Old Flemish Masters. Smits continues to paint until his death. His style and the formats of his works always keep evolving.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1980 onwards Smits makes\u0026nbsp;dazzling fluorescent screen prints and light installations, these and all his other pictorial works have a common aim: creating a \u0026#39;heavenly\u0026#39; experience here and now with the viewer.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"INBOX: George Smits. Aflevering 2: MAFprint experimentele zeefdrukken \u0026 affiches / Underground comics 'De verhalen van Jan' / Super 8 films 'The Colour Company Presents' / Schilderijen","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAflevering 2\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e27.11.2015 \u0026ndash; 03.01.2016\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Smits (Antwerpen, 1944-1997) was een veelzijdig muzikant en beeldend kunstenaar en een vaste waarde in de Antwerpse underground kunstsc\u0026egrave;ne vanaf halverwege de jaren 60. Zelf omschreef hij zich het liefst als beatnik.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eNog tijdens zijn opleiding schilderkunst aan het Brusselse Sint-Lucasinstituut sluit hij zich aan bij Ferre Grignard. Het Antwerpse muziekcaf\u0026eacute; \u003cem\u003eDe Muze\u003c/em\u003e is op dat moment de uitvalsbasis van Ferres skiffleband. George Smits \u0026ndash; ook bekend als \u0026lsquo;den Toet\u0026rsquo; \u0026ndash; speelt er o.a. mondharmonica en gitaar.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn deze tweede aflevering worden de werken getoond die Smits maakte onder MAFprint,\u0026nbsp;de Mad Artist Foundation: een\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;nmansvereniging ter bevordering van goedkope kunstvormen, kunstvormen voor breder publiek: affiches, strips, actie\u0026#39;s met experimenteel mobiel zeefdrukatelier\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo;.\u0026nbsp;In 1969 trekt MAFprint in bij ERCOLA \u0026ndash; Experimental Research Center of Liberal Arts \u0026ndash; dat in de prille jaren 1970 uitgroeit tot een knooppunt in het Antwerpse artistieke milieu.\u0026nbsp;Ook \u003cem\u003eDe Verhalen van Jan\u003c/em\u003e, het maffe alter ego van Smits komt in deze aflevering aan bod.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eBegin jaren 1970 verwerft George Smits erkenning met zijn lichtinstallaties \u003cem\u003eThe Colour Company\u003c/em\u003e en verdiept hij zich in\u0026nbsp;de schildertechnieken van de Oude Vlaamse Meesters.\u0026nbsp;Tot aan zijn dood blijft George Smits schilderen. Zijn stijl en de formaten van de werken evolueren verder.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eVanaf 1980 maakt Smits naast oogverblindende fluo-zeefdrukken ook lichtinstallaties, deze en alle andere picturale werken hebben een gemeenschappelijk doel: hier en nu een \u0026#39;hemelse\u0026#39; ervaring opwekken bij de toeschouwer.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"INBOX: George Smits. Épisode 2: MAFprint experimentele zeefdrukken \u0026 affiches / Underground comics 'De verhalen van Jan' / Super 8 films 'The Colour Company Presents' / Schilderijen","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026Eacute;pisode\u0026nbsp;II\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e27.11.2015 - 03.01.2016\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLe musicien et plasticien George Smits (Anvers, 1944-1997) \u0026eacute;tait un artiste polyvalent. Figure embl\u0026eacute;matique de la sc\u0026egrave;ne artistique d\u0026rsquo;avant-garde anversoise au milieu des ann\u0026eacute;es\u0026nbsp;60, il se d\u0026eacute;finissait de pr\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence comme un \u003cem\u003ebeatnik\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAu cours de ses ann\u0026eacute;es d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tudes de peinture \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;Institut Sint-Lucas \u0026agrave; Bruxelles, il se joint \u0026agrave; Ferre Grignard et \u0026agrave; son groupe de skiffle, dont le caf\u0026eacute;-concert \u003cem\u003eDe Muze\u003c/em\u003e est le quartier g\u0026eacute;n\u0026eacute;ral \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;poque. George Smits \u0026ndash; aussi connu comme \u003cem\u003eToet \u003c/em\u003e\u0026ndash; y joue de l\u0026rsquo;harmonica et de la guitare.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAu d\u0026eacute;but des ann\u0026eacute;es\u0026nbsp;70, George Smits acquiert de la reconnaissance pour ses installations lumineuses intitul\u0026eacute;es \u003cem\u003eThe Colour Company\u003c/em\u003e. Parall\u0026egrave;lement, il se penche sur les techniques picturales des anciens ma\u0026icirc;tres flamands. George Smits va peindre jusqu\u0026rsquo;\u0026agrave; sa mort, et tout au long, son style et ses formats vont continuer \u0026agrave; \u0026eacute;voluer.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026Agrave; partir des ann\u0026eacute;es\u0026nbsp;80, Smits r\u0026eacute;alise, outre ses installations lumineuses, des s\u0026eacute;rigraphies fluorescentes aveuglantes. Ces \u0026oelig;uvres, ainsi que toutes ses peintures, sont sous-tendues par un objectif commun\u0026nbsp;: \u0026eacute;veiller ici et maintenant une exp\u0026eacute;rience \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;c\u0026eacute;leste\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; concr\u0026egrave;te chez le spectateur.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2773,"name":"George Smits","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/897/large/GSmits_bij_klanksculptuur.jpg?1444385835","poster_credits":"Courtesy of the Estate George Smits, Antwerp"}}],"items":[{"id":13348,"title":"Ave 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