04/09/2026
Piero Dorazio and Charles Po***ck met in Rome in 1963. They belonged to different generations and different artistic contexts - Dorazio formed in postwar Italian abstraction, Po***ck shaped by the American avant-garde. Charles, the older brother of Jackson Po***ck, had long carved out a practice of his own, one that deserves to be understood on its own terms.
What brought them together was a shared conviction: that colour, light, and spatial relationships were the fundamental questions of painting.
Their friendship lasted thirty years. Po***ck served twice as artist-in-residence at the University of Pennsylvania, at Dorazio’s invitation. They travelled together, exchanged letters, debated ideas. Their correspondence, preserved in both archives, reveals two artists in genuine intellectual dialogue, curious about the same things: Native American cultures, the ethics of communal life, the relationship between art and the world.
In a letter from 1965, Po***ck thanked Dorazio for a small painting brought as a gift: ”We love the little painting you brought us - it already has a special place.”
Ars Belga will presents an exhibition dedicated to their friendship and their work.
Opening 10 September 2026.
ARS BELGA | Matthu - Boghossian
2 Rue Saint-Georges, 1050 Brussels.
