Mekhitar Garabedian - Import – Export, Friperie - Occasional Papers 2023 artistbook and 'conduits'

and 'conduits'

Louis de Sousberghe (1903-2006)

Pictures by Herb Ritts

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Mekhitar Garabedian - Import – Export, Friperie - Occasional Papers 2023 artistbook and 'conduits'This book brings together a selection of photographs by artist Mekhitar Garabedian, documenting the warehouse of his late fathers company, Melantex, which exported second hand clothing from Belgium to the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The images inspired a one year sculptural intervention by Garabedian, commissioned by the Antwerp Public Art Collection. ImportExport, Friperie tells a compelling personal and collective story of how displacement can be