Deurle 11/7/73

In the summer of 1973 a strange and also quite controversial exhibition took place in one of the rooms of MDD. ‘Deurle 11/7/73’ was organised by Fernand Spillemaeckers of gallery MTL on the occasion of a congress in Brussels on art and its cultural context. Important artists like Carl André, Art & Language, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniël Buren, Cadere, Hans Haacke, Sol LeWitt, Niele Toroni and Lawrence Wiener took part in this congress.

The exhibition in Deurle existed of showing documents on and from some of these artists as well as a ‘Barre de bois rond’ of André Cadere. It was accompanied by a small catalogue.

During the past year several people brought my attention to this show of which there was no trace to be found in the archives of MDD. Since the exhibition played a crucial part and because of the lack in our archives, I found it important to set up this presentation that tries to capture what could be seen and experienced at the time. It also wants to be a starting point for a further investigation into the activities of MTL.

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Deurle 11/7/73

mit Carl Andre, Art & Language, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, Cadere, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Joseph Kosuth, Sol Le Witt, Giulio Paolini, A. R. Penck, Robert Ryman, Niele Toroni, Lawrence Weiner, u.a.