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Title
Walter Swennen
Type
Text
Monograph
Subject
Swennen, Walter, 1946---Exhibitions. (LCSH)
Drawing, Belgian--20th century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
Drawing, Belgian--21st century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
Watercolor painting, Belgian--20th century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
Watercolor painting, Belgian--21st century--Exhibitions (LCSH)
Language
English
English
Dutch original
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Classification
DDC: 700.411 full
LCC: N6973.S94 A4 2014 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
text
Note
Includes translation
Summary
Walter Swennen started his artistic life as a poet, but switched to painting as his primary means of expression in the early 1980s. Although his oeuvre varies greatly in scale, style, and materials, it can be seen as an ongoing exploration into the nature, potentialities, and limitations of painting, the fundamental question of what subject matter to choose, and how to depict it. Swennen is recognised for his experimental and associative approach to painting, in which meanings perpetually float and shift across images that recall a familiar place or situation - a place where something has happened. This compact but dense catalogue is filled with numerous such works. Exhibition: Xavier Hufkens Galerie, Brussels, Belgium (20.11.2014-17.01.2015).
Authorized Access Point
Swennen, Walter, 1946- Walter Swennen