Hans Theys

Hans Theys is a twentieth-century philosopher and art historian. He has written and designed dozens of books on the works of contemporary artists and published hundreds of essays, interviews and reviews in books, catalogues and magazines. All his publications are based on actual collaborations and conversations with artists.

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Panamarenko

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(c)image: M HKA, Christine Clinckx

Boela Matari, 2001

Panamarenko

Object , 30 x 40 x 15 cm

wood, metal, clay, electric cells

A final Archaeopteryx answers to the name Boula Matari.

'And it's no accident that it was also my first little chicken that could really walk.' - Panamarenko

The name literally means 'breaker of rocks', and was a nickname of the central-African explorer Henry Morton Stanley (°1841-1904).

'A real macho man who trekked through the bush with a bible in one hand and a rifle in the other. More than half his soldiers were felled by strange illnesses and infections, but that Stanley just kept on scouting around. That's why I called my little archaeopteryx Boula Matari, because it's such a Courageous Strider!' - Panamarenko

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