Jef Geys

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Jef Geys
Born(1934-05-29)29 May 1934
Leopoldsburg, Belgium
Died12 February 2018(2018-02-12) (aged 83)
Genk, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Educationphotography, painting, experimental education, print
Website www.jef-geys.com

Jef Geys (29 May 1934 – 12 February 2018) was a Belgian artist born in Leopoldsburg, Belgium. [1] Geys is known for his photography, painting, sculpture, films, installation art, publishing activities, and experimentation in art education.

Contents

Geys grew up in Faytlaan, Leopoldsburg and attended school at the Brothers of Love. [1] He studied in the Academy of Antwerp under Piet Serneels, Maclot, Dolphyn and Strebelle, then gained a teaching diploma from the state school of Hasselt before starting work teaching in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert. [1] In 1960, Geys was an appointed Teacher of Positive Aesthetics at a children's school in Balen until he left the position in 1989. The school focused on the educational experimentation in the arts, and included a studio and exhibition space, and arts laboratory. [2] [3]

Work

Geys is known for the strong social and political motives of his work. He is perhaps best known for his proposal to blow up the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (KMSKA) in Antwerp in 1971 at the end of his solo exhibition held there. [4]

In a letter to the Minister of Culture from November 1970, which was published later in the catalog Ooidonk 78, Geys described his plans about the explosion of the KMSKA as follows: "Departing from the idea that every society, authority, institution, organization, person, etc. includes the seeds of its own destruction, the first and most important task of every society, authority, etc. in my opinion is to recognize, isolate and neutralize these seeds. The most efficient way to achieve all this then seems to me to systematically, scientifically and deliberately set about the problem. […] So I would like to start a project, which, if executed, would result in the destruction of the Museum voor Schone Kunsten." [5]

Kempens Informatieblad

In 1971, Geys took on the freely-distributed newspaper Kempens Informatieblad which was a local publication in Kempen, Belgium, which is also called Campine (French). Geys prints and distributes Kempens house-to-house, and often produces them in line with his exhibitions. [2] Geys is also known for having created a meticulous archive of his own work and Kempens since 1958, though the archive has been made inaccessible to all but the artist himself. [6]

Exhibitions

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  5. ↑ Jef Geys 1978, 'Letter to the Minister of Dutch Culture' (November 11, 1970), in: Ooidonk 78, exh. cat., 101.
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  7. ↑ "Planted Stories: Jef Geys Touches Down in Detroit". hyperallergic.com. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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