| We are marking the 25th anniversary of the gallery's close association with
Anneke van Brussel with the publication of a dozen of her poems printed in
facsimile on hand-made paper and presented in a splendid box. In a manner of speaking Anneke van Brussel has written a hundred diaries, a thousand letters and a hundred thousand poems over the years, and although 12 is only a small number given the vastness of her oeuvre, what really matters is that the paper, the handwriting and the box together offer those who are really keen a glimpse of that other personality, the one that puts everything into her paintings yet rediscovers the world while writing. 
The storm walks with heavy footsteps As if there's somebody living in the upstairs flat Whipping the roof A silent elephant on wheels underneath To move around Waves are continuously rolling onto the shore Carrying lots of bottles containing ciphered words Such as "I am looking for you" "I want to love you", "Cherish you" "This body is waiting" I was listening to the bottles with the letters Washing ashore all night long Anneke van Brussel (1998) This box with 12 poems is published in a limited edition of 50 numbered and signed copies, and is available at a price of Euro 200.) * box made by Janine Vos de Mooij * size 23,5 x 31,5 x 2,5 cm * contents 14 sheets of 220 grs handmade paper of 20 x 28 cm (a cover sheet, 12 sheets with a poem, a sheet on which the announcement of the exhibition with the reproduction of "Beetroot Harvest" is attached) |