Artist Info: Mecanonl

Inspired by an old booklet of a Meccano construction box (a very popular toy long before Lego existed, as fabricated and sold in the
30’s) Dirk was struck by a vision of a world built out of Meccano, in painting, sculpture and even lyrics and music that lead to his 1977 Painting “______”. The examples in the instruction booklet set Dirk to paint his Meccano figures, surrounded by surrealistic landscapes and interiors.
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