correspondentie

(een selectie; fragmentair & chronologisch)

Thomas Böing: 13 december 1996 Cher Hans von Heirseele,/ à cause d'une proposition d'Antje Dorn et Gosbert Adler je vous envoies quelques photos. Premièrement je veux vous montrer les traveaux "Lucy". Si ces traveaux vous interessent, je veux bien vous rencontrer./

Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap; 17 januari 1997 Geachte, Hierbij deel ik u mee dat de Vlaamse minister van Cultuur besloten heeft u een toelage van 45.000 F. toe te kennen als steun voor het werkingsjaar 1996./

Thomas Hauser: no date Dear Christel/ Dear Hans/ Here the paper you asked for, I hope its OK. If not, fake one and use my signature. I give you my permission. Thanks a lot for the ballpens, that's one thing I totally forgot. I already got in contact with the gallery of Stu Mead but his books are all sold out./

De Vuyst Georges: 3 juni 1997 Geachte, Wij zijn een fabricant van sierschouwen en keukens in natuursteen./ Bij het maken van de openingen voor het inpassen van lavabo's zagen wij een ovaal stuk uit de granietplaat. Deze stukken hebben voor ons geen nut meer./ Echter, als tablet of zo kunnen deze stukken nog nut hebben op tentoonstellingen, of als basis voor een kunstwerk./ Deze stukken zijn ongeveer 40 bij 30 cm groot en de rand ervan is natuurlijk niet verder bewerkt./ Indien u geïnteresseerd bent in enkele stukken kan u die komen afhalen iedere woensdag tussen 14 en 17 uur. Als deelname in de kost vragen wij 100,-BEF per stuk. Dit bedrag dekt geenszins de kostprijs maar moet eerder gezien worden als een bedrag voor het bekostigen van deze mailing. Hoogachtend,/

Franky DC: 11 juli 1997 Geachte Croxhapoxbeheerraadsleden, Ik heb de eigenaardige gewoonte om niet in te gaan op uitnodigingen voor tentoonstellingen indien ik constateer dat er bij het eerste contact één, twee of meerdere fouten in de schrijfwijze van mijn naam voorkomen. In uw geval waren dat er twee in de handgeschreven versie en één in de getypte namenlijst. Met vriendelijke groeten, Franky Deconinck/

Marc Maet: december 1997 Beste Kristel & Hans, Hierbij vooralsnog het boekje "mijn klein verhaaltje", waarvan sprake was. Laat me weten hoe jullie het vinden. Vriendelijke groeten./

Amy Kephart: december 1997 Happy New Year Hans and Kristel! Sally and I had such a great time in Ghent! Thank you both so much for your kind hospitality and for inviting me to show at Croxhapox! It was a great experience for me. My month long residence at the "Millay Colony" in up-state was really great. I made 50 paintings (portraits and life size selfportraits). I hope all is well with you both, and also that your show went well, Hans. Keep me posted--- P.S. Sally and I am still singing "jetlag girls are the worst!" There is something catchy in it hmm... Again - Thanks and best wishes!/

Classic Incasso: 17 december 1997 Geachte heer, mevrouw,/ Ondanks onze eerdere aanmaningen heeft u tot op heden gemeend niet tot volledige betaling over te hoeven gaan. Evenmin zijn wij er in geslaagd om telefonisch met u in contact te komen./ Behoudens omgaand telefonisch bericht van u gaan wij er vanuit dat u binnen 2 dagen na heden alsnog tot betaling van onderstaand totaalbedrag naar één van bovenstaande rekeningnummers van Classic Incasso B.V. overgaat. Indien wij op zeer korte termijn noch uw betaling noch telefonisch bericht van u ontvangen, zullen wij de zaak overdragen aan ons juristenkantoor, waarvan de extra kosten volledig voor uw rekening komen./ U gelieve zich de consequenties hiervan goed te realiseren!/ Hoogachtend./ Classic Incasso B.V./ J.J.Otten/

Wendy Hirschberg: december 1997 Dear Hans,/ Best wishes for the New Year! I had a chance to visit Tom Broadbent over the holidays -my first visit to his home- and I liked very much the painting of yours that he had hanging in his new loft. ( ) I was very pleased to hear again from Tom that my work was well received by you -so I am hopeful. The grant cycle for funding is very soon so I wonder if you will be able to notify me either way via fax? ( ) I hope you enjoy the holidays and wish you a fruitful year full of creative time and adventure! Sincerely,/

ICC: 7 januari 1998 Geachte Mevrouw, Geachte Heer,/ Ik zou U zeer erkentelijk zijn indien U ten behoeve van de bibliotheek en het archief van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in het Internationaal Cultureel Centrum te Antwerpen, me regelmatig Uw uitnodigingen, affiches en persberichten zou willen bezorgen./ Met dank bij voorbaat,/ en met vriendelijke groeten,/ Dany Smet, Bibliothecaris/

Dianna Frid: April 1, 1998 Dear Kristel and Hans,/ Hello again, I hope you are well. Enclosed you will find the list of people in Europe to whom invitations should be sent. One of them is Nicole Klagsbrun (she is in New York and the invitation should be sent to her New York address as soon as possible). Nicole Klagsbrun is a prominent Belgian gallerist based in New York City. She is going to Brussels for the Art Fair which opens on April 23. She came to my studio yesterday and asked me to have an invitation sent to her and that she will come to see the show./

Heike Kati Barath: 06 05 98 Geachte dames en heren,/ Op aanbeveling van Thomas Boïng bied ik mij aan om in uw galerij tentoon te stellen./ Ik heb één jaar aan de Akademie voor Schone Kunsten in Gent gestudeerd en heb mij zeer verheugd dat Thomas mij aan u heeft voorgesteld./ In afwachting op antwoord groet ik u. Ik ben steeds bereid tot een gesprek. Hoogachtend,/

Debra Pearlman: July 18, 1998 I had intended to write long ago. One factor was waiting for the enclosed glasses to finally be available again. Hans, I did not forget. Kristel, your wonderful style is so clearly imprinted to me, that I hesitate to enclose this gift of thanks. I do dope you like it. I also hope that you are all well -your children also. Please send my regards. It has been a long and difficult year, but hopefully that is beginning to change. If you wish to contact David Dapogny, you can do so at this address. He mas moved, but we are in touch. Do you desire other recommendations? How goes the gallery and your work? Kristel, did you set up a painting studio for the summer? I hope that you have the chance to respond to this letter -perhaps with less delay than me. Hans, could you send the name and address of the gallery in Antwerp that you had mentioned to me?/

Patricia Thornley: December 24, 1998 Dear Hans,/ Happy Holidays!/ I am just sending a quick note to let you know a few things about my arrival, and the installation of the work./ I will now be arriving on Thursday, January 7th. Edward and I have decided not to drive but to take the train instead. Could someone pick us up at the train station? We will be arriving around lunch time. Our train arrives from Paris into Brussels at 12:20. I will call to confirm this. ( )/ I am wondering if you have a shelf or a pedestal that is approx 11x14 inches on top. If it is a pedestal then it would need to be at least 3.5 feet high (preferably a bit higher). In case you don't have anything like this, I am bringing some shelf brackets and hope that we could get a piece of wood that is 11x14x1 inches and paint it the same color as the walls./ Some of the pieces need anchored screws in the wall. I don't know what type of walls you have so I am bringing some different types of anchors. The total anchor holes will be 17. The metal pieces can get a bit heavy for regular nails or screws. What do you usaully use?/ Sorry to be so brief but I am swept up in the holiday madness today. I am looking forward to the exhibition and to meeting all of you./

Heike Kati Barath: 1999 Dear Hans, I just found my "evaluatie" from the academy in Gent and I send it to you -maybe Marc Maet is going to remember this. Yours Heike/

Tomo Savic Gecan: 15/1/1999 Dear Sjoerd and Hans,/ I've got a project proposal for Croxhapox -it's connected to the fact that the gallery is moving space. This something I find very interesting in itself and connected to my recent work. Please find the description of my recent work enclosed on the following page./ If there is a possibility to organise an exhibition at Croxhapox it would be necessary that this is the very last exhibition in the old space. The space would remain empty during the exhibition. The project is connected to the idea of the function of any given space. The first part of the exhibition would take place in Croxhapox gallery, the second (which is to follow immediately after) in a private space, i.e. the exhibition continues after the gallery has moved somewhere else. The exhibition would go on for let's say ten days -during the first five days in a gallery space, during the following five days in a private space./ There would also be an accompanying catalogue in which the whole process would be documented. As I will need to apply for some funding for the catalogue I will contact you next week to see if it's possible to carry this project out./ I hope you are well. I'll speak to you soon, /Regards,/

Wendy Hirschberg: 1999 P.S. Needless to say, I am very sorry not to meet you this spring!/ Dear Hans,/ By now, we may have spoken on the phone and actually Marijke will have updated you on my situation. Either way, it might be helpful to have it on paper so I will continue to write this letter. As you know, I am pregnant ( ). Since I am considered by my doctor to be high risk I must take some precautions and not travel to Ghent. This makes me very sad though the reason for this is a very happy one. To make a sad situation a happy one, I have come up with the following plan which has been gladly embraced by my two dear friends Suzan >Batu and Marijke! Suzan will travel over with her son and my exhibition arriving on March 31st. ( ) My final idea is to produce a short video discussing my work with a friend or two so that I will not be an entirely missing person at the show.()/

Ron Huebner: Oct 28th 2003 Dear Hans Greetings, Hope that all is well and that the order Of chaos is not getting to you too much./ It was very good to come to Gent and see the actual Space. Please forgive me for not being perfectly clear In the past about the project. Sometimes it feels like life Is holding together by thin threads./ I know now EXACTLY what I want to do. This trip To Germany was very motivating factor./ For this project in order to really do it right it will be Very important to get the Right equipment which As I mentioned in my last email I really hope that we Will be able to do. Perhaps this company can use this Opportunity as a way for them to promote themselves I don't mind if there is a sign there that says sponsored BY./ ANYHOW see enclosed proposal, Hope that You And the committee will like it,/ YOURS TRULY Ron Huebner.