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Husk Gallery has the pleasure to present Dirk Eelen's first exhibition in the gallery. Fair Encounters is the Belgian painter's solo show with a complete series of new works, all with references to the seventies and eighties. The artist worked intensely on two series of new oil paintings for the exhibition. In line with previous works, he presents childhood memories as well as frozen images of time. Nostalgia represents the central thread in Dirk Eelen's recent works. In both series, he merges personal and collective memories.

The discovery of an old 8 mm film about a Flemish …