{"id":36202,"title":"Guy Mees (left) and Jef Verheyen in the Tempeliershof in Weert, where they spent the summer together, painting and writing","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1959-01-01","material":"Photograph","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Jef Verheyen Archive","cached_tag_list":"Jef Verheyen, Guy Mees, Tempelierenhof, Tempeliershof, Weert, Schelde","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"JV_39_27_01","stream_count_app":10,"permalink":"guy-mees-left-and-jef-verheyen-in-the-tempeliershof-in-weert-where-they-spent-the-summer-together-painting-and-writing","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/760/medium_500/JV_39_27_01.jpg?1718802337","cached_actor_names":"Jef Verheyen, Guy Mees","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Photography","nl":"Fotografie","fr":"Photographie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/760/large/JV_39_27_01.jpg?1718802337","poster_credits":"Scan: CKV - Jef Verheyen Archive","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeg met verf. Dat is het motto van Guy Mees in de\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejaren 1960. De avant-gardekunstenaar verruilt doek\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003een houtskool voor composities met industrieel\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evervaardigd kant en neonlampen. Of ze nu rond,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evierkant of driehoekig zijn, ze dragen allemaal\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ede titel \u003ci\u003eVerloren Ruimte.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003eNet als Verheyen speelt\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMees met concepten als ruimte en licht. In 1959\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrengen ze de zomer door in het Tempeliershof,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeen leegstaande boerderij in Weert. Daar werken\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003een schrijven ze samen. Voor Verheyen is Mees\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“de schilder die mij de oplossing toonde,” en de\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefinitie van schilderkunst in vraag stelt.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAway with paint. In the 1960s that is the slogan\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Guy Mees. This avant-garde artist exchanges\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecanvas and charcoal for industrially produced lace\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand neon lights. Whether they are round, square or\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etriangular, these works all bear the enigmatic title\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVerloren Ruimte\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e(Lost Space). Just like Verheyen,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMees plays with concepts such as space and\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elight. In 1959 they both spend the summer at the\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTempeliershof, an empty farm in Weert, where they\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ework and write together. For Verheyen, Mees is\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘the painter who showed me the solution’ and\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equestioned the definition of painting.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":44,"name":"Guy Mees","category":{"en":"About","nl":"Over","fr":"Sur"}},{"id":1232,"name":"Jef Verheyen","category":{"en":"About","nl":"Over","fr":"Sur"}}]}