ISBN |
9789491775550 |
Name |
Verwée, Adriaan artist |
Title |
Adriaan Verwée : under a poor cloak you commonly find a good drinker / [teksten, Asta Vaičiulytė, Sofie Van Loo, Valerie Verhack ; vertalingen, Dirk Verbiest]. |
Portion of title |
Under a poor cloak you commonly find a good drinker |
Published |
Gent : MER. Paper Kunsthalle, ©2014. |
Description |
166, [46] pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
Adriaan Verwée (born 1975) makes objects and installations that are caught in the middle ground between the literal and figural, between construction and image. It is as if that decision is still under consideration, or left hanging in the air. Yet many of Verwées objects appear nevertheless to have a specific function, and as a result are an integral part of the here and now. The temporal and spatial character of his work is enhanced through the tension that the artist quite literally puts on his combinations of different objects: by, for example, giving gravity an active role, or by introducing elements that look incomplete or redundant. These elements often seem more like 'remnants' of the picture rather than a true part of it. Additionally an enormous amount of attention is lavished upon certain materials and their relationships. This lends these objects an aesthetic clarity and quality, which in turn appears to completely contradict their suggested functionality.00Exhibition: Museum M, Leuven, Belgium (29.8.-2.11.2014). |
Language note |
Text in English and Dutch. |
Exhibitions note |
Catalogue of an exhibition held at M - Museum Leuven, August 29-November 2, 2014. |
Subjects |
Verwée, Adriaan -- Exhibitions |
Art, Belgian -- 21st century -- Exhibitions |
Installations (Art) -- Belgium -- Louvain -- Exhibitions |
Added Names |
Vaičiulytė, Asta contributing author |
Loo, Sofie van contributing author |
Verhack, Valérie contributing author |
Verbiest, Dirk translator |
Added Corporate Names |
M (Museum : Louvain, Belgium) issuing body |