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Kristof Van Gestel
Mascottegalerij, Mascot Gallery
€17,00
10 × 17 cm, 100 p, open binding
ISBN 9789493146389
design: Jurgen Maelfeyt and Lien Van Leemput for 6m56s
language: English, Dutch
ISBN 9789493146389
design: Jurgen Maelfeyt and Lien Van Leemput for 6m56s
language: English, Dutch
Edition of 600
January 2020
January 2020
‘Mascottegalerij / Mascot Gallery’ is an overview of 84 textile cuddle toys, designed and made by children in a participative process during a series of days called ‘Bonte Zondagen’ at the house of culture De Warande, Turnhout (BE). Artist Kristof Van Gestel developed a collective and participative workshop: starting from abstract shapes, formed by the Idiosyncratic Machine, another project initiated by Van Gestel and later screen-printed, the kids could interpret their own Mascottes. With the help of voluntary seamstresses the designs got a textile shape.
Kristof Van Gestel (°1976) is a visual artist and a teacher / researcher at KASK / School of Arts in Ghent. Since 1999 he produces sculptures, pictures and projects that focus on questioning and finding a place for art in the daily world.