Jef Geys

Jef Geys (1934-2018) was a Flemish artist. Both intimate and of social concern, his work is a permanent articulation between culture and triviality. In Geys' works, the private aspect of a personal event is always hidden within a collective effort. If the artist always intervened and experimented locally, his artwork is nonetheless carrying a global meaning. Since 1971 the artist had published the newspaper Kempsen Informatieblad, a documentary publication which accompanies every Geys' exhibition. Jef Geys represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 2009.

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