Jef Verheyen - Window on Infinity
Figures on the screen, 1956
Collection KMSKA, AntwerpIn 1957 Italian sculptor, ceramist and painter
Gianni Dova is working in Antwerp. He introduces
Verheyen to his Milanese gallery. Dova and Verheyen
influence each other’s style, composition and use of
colour. Like many of their contemporaries, they try
to come up with a poetic answer to the question:
What can art still mean after the Second World War?
Thanks to Dova, Verheyen meets Lucio Fontana
and Roberto Crippa. These new contacts mark the
beginning of Verheyen’s search for the inner and
the cosmic.