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Bare Together<\/div>\"Current\"<\/a>
To mark the opening of the SHARE Knowledge Centre in Moshi (Tanzania) for affordable and accessible healthcare, Pierre Mertens curated an exhibition on art, decolonisation and care. https:\/\/pierremertens.be\/nl\/werken\/overs-for-the-world-moshi\/<\/div><\/div>
Covers<\/div>\"Current\"<\/a>
Since the death of On Kawara in July 2014, I have made one drawing each day, always linked to a news event of that same day. Working on reproductions from art books, I add small naked or dehumanized figures that evoke the tension between the individual and the collective. 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