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Appearing at first glance as a piece of formalist abstraction,Sterrendoek (Star Canvas) exposes artist and educator Jef Geys’s enduring skepticism of visual modes of knowledge production. Geys reproduces on a painterly background the Nazi-issued chart of badges that marked bodies in concentration camps. This demonstrates how the repetition of certain shapes and colors structures and restructures our perception of reality. The artist problematizes the correlation between visual forms and meanings, as well as the supposed neutrality of art. This work also reveals the ambivalent role of the grid as a vehicle for both articulation and repression. “For me,” Geys has asserted, “nothing is so binding as the laws of the grid… . Grids are there because we need to speak, because rules and laws try to dominate our traffic [sic].”

Sterrendoek
oil and pastel on window shade and canvas
1965
Jef Geys
Belgian, 1934-2018

WWII Nazi color badges for different groups to be sent to concentration camps for mass murder.

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Oaxacan crafts, a vibrant tradition in Mexico, encompass a wide array of handmade goods, including ceramics, textiles, wood carvings, and alebrijes, each reflecting the rich culture and history of the region. Oaxacan wood carvings, including alebrijes, are a prominent form of folk art, featuring whimsical and imaginative creatures. Alebrijes are fantastical, brightly painted wooden sculptures depicting animals, people, and imaginary creatures, a relatively young tradition that has become a symbol of Mexican folk art. Manuel Jiménez Ramírez (9 June 1919 – 4 March 2005) was a Mexican carver, sculptor and painter credited as the originator of the Oaxacan version of “alebrijes,” animal creatures carved in wood and painted in strong contrasting colours with intricate designs. He was a charismatic and philosophical person, who believed he was the reincarnation of an artist. He began making animal figures of clay when he was a child but changed to wood carving later, creating human figures, nativity scenes, masks and more as well as the alebrijes. His work can be found in public and private collections in various parts of the world, especially in the United States.

Animal figure
carved wood, paint
c. 1965
Manuel Jiménez Ramírez
Oaxaca, Mexico

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The Stone Eye: I Saw (Watashi Ha Mita)
1965
Tatsuo Ikeda
Japanese, 1928-2020

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