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Tapis gris pour cinq personnes was first activated during "SaltoArte", the performative opening night of the exhibition "Je/Nous.Wij/Ik" (Museum van Elsene, Brussels, 23 May - 13 July 1975). At this groupexhibition, two works by Nicola were shown; La Chambre and Fourrure, which was first shown in 1970 in the Galleria Apollinaire in Milano, and in the basement Nicola placed four banners on two poles, as if for a demonstration. The banners each contain a sentence: Nous voulons voir [we want to see], Nous voulons sentir [we want to smell], Nous voulons entendre [we want to hear], Nous voulons toucher [we want to touch]. The stylised heads seem to want to get their message across by wriggling with great difficulty through the canvas.

Tapis gris pour cinq personnes was first activated during "SaltoArte", the performative opening night of the exhibition "Je/Nous.Wij/Ik" (Museum van Elsene, Brussels, 23 May - 13 July 1975). At this groupexhibition, two works by Nicola were shown; La Chambre en Fourrure, which was first shown in 1970 in the Galleria Apollinaire in Milano, and in the basement Nicola placed four banners on two poles, as if for a demonstration. The banners each contain a sentence: Nous voulons voir [we want to see], Nous voulons sentir [we want to smell], Nous voulons entendre [we want to hear], Nous voulons toucher [we want to touch]. The stylised heads seem to want to get their message across by wriggling with great difficulty through the canvas.