Away with paint. In the 1960s that is the slogan

of Guy Mees. This avant-garde artist exchanges

canvas and charcoal for industrially produced lace

and neon lights. Whether they are round, square or

triangular, these works all bear the enigmatic title

Verloren Ruimte (Lost Space). Just like Verheyen,

Mees plays with concepts such as space and

light. In 1959 they both spend the summer at the

Tempeliershof, an empty farm in Weert, where they

work and write together. For Verheyen, Mees is

‘the painter who showed me the solution’ and

questioned the definition of painting.