Philippe Vandenberg & Franklin Engeln ‘Brieven (1986-87)’ Books and underneath this natural bridge

and underneath this natural bridge the water flows blue

1983) initiates an interaction with (historical) fragmented material that she presents the viewer

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Jozefien Van Beek

Philippe Vandenberg & Franklin Engeln ‘Brieven (1986-87)’ Books and underneath this natural bridgeIn the winter of 1986, artist Franklin Engeln addresses his first letter to painter Philippe Vandenberg. Good correspondence is rare, Vandenberg writes in his reply to Engeln. What follows is an exchange as flourishing as it is short lived. The two artists get to know each other at Richard Fonckes gallery in Ghent. It does not stop at meetings in the gallery. The friends regularly have dinner together and occasionally visit each other at home or at