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Item: The Fool

Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys

2019

Installation, 120 x 80 x 200 cm .
Materials: 3D-printed head coated in plaster, gypsum, aluminium, clothes, umbrella, varnish, acrylic paint with sound

Collection: Collection M HKA / Flemish Community (Inv. no. BK009240).

We know that the fool has a mental age of around eight. When visiting the zoo with his aunt, he was entranced by the nocturnal creatures. He stood stock-still for hours on end, staring into the eyes of a barn owl until hypnotised. Since then, he only sings the few songs that he can remember from his childhood.

(Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys)

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