Philippe Vandenberg & Franklin Engeln ‘Brieven (1986-87)’ Books hers is a century of

hers is a century of self-flagellation

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Jozefien Van Beek

Philippe Vandenberg & Franklin Engeln ‘Brieven (1986-87)’ Books hers is a century ofIn the winter of 1986, artist Franklin Engeln addresses his first letter to painter Philippe Vandenberg. Good correspondence is rare, Vandenberg writes in his reply to Engeln. What follows is an exchange as flourishing as it is short lived. The two artists get to know each other at Richard Fonckes gallery in Ghent. It does not stop at meetings in the gallery. The friends regularly have dinner together and occasionally visit each other at home or at