The new world Jan van de Pavert
January 30 to March 7, 2010
"Jan van de Pavert is particularly interested in the art and architecture of the early avant-gardes of the twentieth century and the architecture of the 1960s. This modernism is reflected in his own work. He chose the title for the exhibition at 38CC. Van de Pavert: The new world. "There was a time when people were used to thinking in those terms. At the beginning of the twentieth century (1907-1924), art and architecture were a precursor to a better world. Architecture has had that role the longest Just look at the modernist architecture from the sixties. Today we know neither utopian construction nor the terminology. But if the economy picks up a bit again, that can change again. Hence The new world, ”says Van de Pavert."
