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    "title": "Unieke streetartroute als eerbetoon aan Gaston Berghmans",
    "modified_at": "2026-10-23 15:00:02",
    "published_at": "2026-10-23 15:00:00",
    "url": "https://pers.merksem.be/unieke-streetartroute-als-eerbetoon-aan-gaston-berghmans",
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    "subtitle": "23/10/2026",
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    "body": "<p><strong>In het kader van het Gaston Berghmansjaar bundelen Street Art Cities en district Merksem alle Merksemse streetart die een link heeft met de komiek in een unieke route. </strong></p><p>In 2026 zou komiek Gaston Berghmans 100 jaar oud zijn geworden en dat wordt in Merksem al het hele jaar gevierd met tal van activiteiten, en ook met nieuwe streetart:</p><ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/case_maclaim/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Case Maclaim</a>, een Duitse artiest met internationale faam, zorgde voor een fotorealistisch portret van Gaston Berghmans op de elektriciteitskabine op het Victor Roosensplein. </span></li><li><span>Brussels kunstenaar <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jaune_art/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jaune</a> maakte stencils van 10 iconische personages uit Gastons carri&egrave;re en die van zijn onafscheidelijke partner Leo Martin. Deze 10 ontwerpen zijn elk telkens 2 keer verstopt doorheen het district. </span></li><li><span>Lokale amateurkunstenaars maakten ontwerpen in het thema Gaston Berghmans voor de nutskasten van de recent heraangelegde Trammezandlei, de iconische straat uit de bekende sketch met Joske Vermeulen. </span></li></ul><p>Zowel de nieuwe als de bestaande streetartwerken die een link hebben met Gaston, werden nu gebundeld in een overzichtelijke route op <a href=\"https://streetartcities.com/cities/antwerp/routes/fe27b933-f1c9-4525-b752-7897e3ecf05c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">streetartcities.com</a> en in de Street Art Cities-app. De route begint aan A-bib Merksem, waar je meteen enkele subtiele knipogen naar Gaston vindt op de pilaren van de parking. Van daaruit wandel je langs verschillende kunstwerken die het leven, de humor en de nalatenschap van Gaston op een eigentijdse manier vieren.</p><blockquote>Tim Streetartwerpenaar, initiatiefnemer van Street Art Cities en zelf Merksemnaar: &ldquo;De wandeling verbindt streetart met lokaal erfgoed, humor en nostalgie. En ze laat zien hoe onze volksheld nog altijd voortleeft in het straatbeeld van zijn geliefde Merksem.&rdquo;</blockquote><div\n    id='gallery-de47723d-6570-4487-bc30-08576e43ddc4'\n    class='release-content-gallery release-content-gallery--layout-expanded'\n    data-component='chromatic-gallery,image-zoom-popup'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-padding='S'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-thumbnail-size='XS'\n    data-chromatic-gallery-captions='data:application/json,true'\n    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