Poetry Week: Visual art is poetry is visual art is poetry

27.Jan.22 until 3.Feb.22

Marcel Broodthaers shows it like no other, visual art and poetry often go hand in hand. From Thursday 27 January to Tuesday 2 February it is Poetry Week, and we will not let that pass unnoticed.

Duo poem Inge Braeckman and Nikolaas Demoen 'Berg-Pas'

On Poem Day, poet Inge Braeckman and visual artist present the joint poem 'Berg-Pas'. Come to the museum and receive a numbered edition of this poem. On Late Thursday, 3 February, Braeckman and Demoen will read their text to the public. Be welcome at 19:30.

28.Jan. Day of birth and death Marcel Broodthaers

It is no coincidence that the birth and death dates of Marcel Broodthaers fall during Poetry Week. Broodthaers, who would have turned 98 today, let poetry and visual art go hand in hand. This was also the case with the work 'Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard'. He took the poem by the French symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé, copied its unusual typographical arrangement, but made the text unreadable.

Poëziekrant and the collection of S.M.A.K.

For the past year, several poets have visited the current exhibition in our museum, to engage in poetic dialogue with the works on display. The result appears every two months in the Poëziekrant (Poetry Paper). In the first issue, Mustafa Kör lets his pen flow over Panamarenko's 'Feltra', which is currently on display in POPART From Warhol to Panamarenko.

Arms Legs Specif Elbows Knees etc Arm and Plaid Jacket John Baldessari

Poetry after the beep

Especially for Poetry Week, you can call the answering machine of S.M.A.K. Call +32 (0)9 323 60 00, let yourself be guided by the menu and listen to a poem (in Dutch). 5 poets, slam poets and spoken word artists were inspired by our collection.

From the Collection: Mekhitar Garabedian

Our collection also includes several artists who highlight the link between poetry and the visual arts. Mekhitar Garabedian is a striking example of this. Language, naming, but also identity and origin, are all themes that are central to Garabedian's oeuvre.

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