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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Vaast Colson

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You used to be part of something, 2005

Vaast Colson

Installation

wood, foam

You Used To Be Part Of Something (2005): a giant pink slice of styrofoam pie mounted on top of the wooden crate in which it travels, this sculpture is in fact part of a whole set of twelve pieces (multiples) scattered across the globe – a totality (“something”) that, in all likelihood, is never going to be regained. The work also operates as a cheerful jibe at the omnipresent aesthetic of the pie diagram as a (necessarily impoverished) symbol of societal cohesion.

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