Surrounding Jef Geys - Nicholas Tammens, Piet Coessens,

Jef Geys, the Collaborator and the Teacher
Sofie Dederen in conversation with Piet Coessens & Nicholas Tammens + Q&A
At the occasion of the exhibition ‘You don’t see what you think you see' at WIELS, the Antwerp Academy and research group ArchiVolt pay tribute to Geys by reflecting on his practice and his legacy through four thematic conversations, an installation by Liselore Vandeput, and an exhibition with printed matter.

Jef Geys (1934-2018) probably was one of the most radical artists of his generation. For sure he was one of the first to explore the relationships between art and life in depth, and to investigate transdisciplinary strategies to do so. Trained in advertising at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in the 1950s, Geys successfully integrated communication and publication tools in his artistic practice. As a teacher, he considered avant-garde art a liberating and emancipating force.