LATT: new art in Antwerp 1958-1962 #2 must we teach the blind to see?
(c)image: M HKA
The motif - in this case, a sitting figure - becomes the starting-point for experimentation in form. The preparatory drawings illustrate just how great is the role of mathematical computation in the evolution of an autonomous art work. By way of his consistent and coherent experimental stance, Vantongerloo will become one of the few Belgian artists of the period to gain international renown.