André Cadere

1974

Sculpture
Materials: wood

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community (Inv. no. BK008020).

André Cadere's Barre de bois consists of painted segments that have been systematically and logically sequenced. The object is unique, meaningful and unmistakably human. It is thus in keeping with the rise of semiotics: it prompts our contemplation of how meaning works, along with the means by which it may be attributed, and throughout this process the object plays the role of signpost.

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