All these works are inspired by photographs I found in the library of the Guislain mental institute in Gent. The pictures where taken in the early 1900's by brother Ebergiste, he was the first one there who started a new didactic strategy to stimulate and uplift the boys. His method was entirely focused on stimulating the artistic and creativity of the boys, they often spend time painting, acting, reading, making music etc...
The sentence I've used on the second group translates as " Dear red heart of Jezus, we love You all so much! we wont forget that, right?" It's what brother Ebergiste responded during a lesson in recognizing red colors, after one of the boys pointed to a statue of Jezus and said that Jezus had a red heart too.
6 panels (6x 42/35cm) "Dear red heart of Jezus, we all love You so much! We wont forget that , right?..." 1928. Brother Ebergiste said this to his boys during a class where they had to recognize red colors
