Wouter De Vleeschouwer
Letter from William Graatsma to Amédée Cortier, 31.01.1971

On January 31, 1971, Dutch architect and designer William Graatsma sends a letter to Amédée Cortier, in which he mentions a remarkable offer that the Ghent painter made him a few days ago in Ghent. Cortier wishes to create a painting in a 70 x 70 cm format, a basic size of the cubic constructions applied by the C.C.C. (Centre for Cubic Constructions), which was founded by Graatsma and his colleague Jan Slothouber in 1967...

Thanks to: San Graatsma, Peter Graatsma, Jenny Van Driessche, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, Koen Brams en Simon Delobel.

The Letters Project

In 2022-2023, KIOSK together with the research group Ghent, playing field of the visual arts (1957-1987), will focus on letters from or to people from Ghent, or concerning the Ghent art scene. The letters are selected for their content, but also for their form.

For a whole year, the group will present a different letter every week in KIOSK, and will highlight its context or the questions it raises. During these presentations, the letter (or a facsimile) will be shown, possibly with other artefacts that are mentioned or that can clarify its meaning.

Ghent, playing field of the visual arts (1957-1987) consists of Naninga Lens, Sofie Frederix, Wouter De Vleeschouwer, Koen Brams and Godart Bakkers. For The Letters Project the group is reinforced by Simon Delobel and some guests.