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Walter Swennen : das Phantom der Malerei = the phantom of painting / [Herausgeber, Stephan Berg, Kunstmuseum Bonn ; Konrad Bitterli, Kunstmuseum Winterthur ; Benno Tempel, Kunstmuseum Den Haag ; Autor:innen: Stephan Berg, Konrad Bitterli, Astrid Goubert, Daniel Koep]

Material Type Books
Publisher Veurne, Belgien : Hannibal Books
Year [2021]
Language German,English
Size 151 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

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Other titles variant access title:Das Phantom der Malerei
other title:The Phantom of painting
Contents Das Geheimnis der Bananenschale = The secret of the banana peel
Stephan Berg
From Poet to Painter : wenn Worte zu Bildern werden... Randnotizen zu Walter Swennens Malerei = From poet to painter : when words become pictures... marginalia in Walter Swennen's painting
Konrad Bitterli
L'Esprit Swennen : Ghost Signs aus Brüssel = L'Espirit Swennen : ghost signs from Brussels
Daniel Koep und/and Astrid Goubert
Notes Statement of responsibility from colophon
Formerly CIP Uk
Includes bibliographical references
Summary:Walter Swennen, (*1946) born in Brussels, is a painter. Like others of his generation, he re-approaches and explores the medium by applying principles from other disciplines. Swennen's work constantly challenges the viewer. His paintings demand to be viewed slowly and attentively. Beneath the layers of paint is often a battlefield of incitements, corrections, words and messages. Because his Dutch-speaking family suddenly started speaking French when he was five, language games are an integral part of his art. A painting by Walter Swennen is not only a result, but also a process. We register the distance traveled to the final 'visible' image. An important constant is the pleasure he gets from the fight with the paint. Non-conformist as he is, Swennen paints on everything from canvas to wood to discarded camping tables, stoves and washing machines. Walter Swennen's long and varied career deserves to be recognised by a wide public for its radical nonconformism and the influence that the artist still exerts on young artists today. Swennen is represented by the Brussels gallery Xavier Hufkens and the New York gallery Gladstone, and won the prestigious Ultima Career Prize for Visual Arts 2019. His work is in numerous museum collections
Texts in German and English
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Bonn from June 3 - August 29, 2021; at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag October 2, 2021 - January 9, 2022; and at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland from January 29 - April 24, 2022
Authors Swennen, Walter, 1946- artist
Berg, Stephan author
Bitterli, Konrad, 1960- author
Tempel, Benno editor
Goubert, Astrid author
Koep, Daniel author
Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn host institution
Kunstmuseum Den Haag host institution
Kunstmuseum Winterthur host institution.GBC300789
Subjects LCSH:Swennen, Walter(1946-) -- Exhibitions  All Subject Search
CSHF:Swennen, Walter(1946-) -- Expositions  All Subject Search
FREE:2000-2099 fast
FREE:Painting, Belgian fast (OCoLC)fst01050693
FREE:Painting, Modern -- Exhibitions fast (OCoLC)fst01050997  All Subject Search
FREE:Exhibition catalogs fast (OCoLC)fst01424028
Classification LCC:ND673.S955
DC23:700.411
ID 1000033193
ISBN 9789463887649

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