Het is onmogelijk om goed grip te krijgen op een landschap, toch leggen we het graag vast. Met een stijgende zeespiegel en de te verwachten regenoverlast, is in het Belgische Vlaanderen het springtij een groot gevaar. Overheid en ingenieurs trachten het water in toom te houden. De Schelde krijgt meer ruimte, dijken worden verlegd, het uitzicht verandert. Dat vraagt om beeldvorming. En iedereen tekent; de kunstenaar, de waterbouwkundige, de landschapsarchitect, ja zelfs de hengelaar maakt noti...

The publication 'jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome' discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It brings together writers from a variety of fields who reflect on the legacy and failures of modernism from the perspective of their individual backgrounds and expertise.

Edited by Lisa Bakker and Eleonoor Jap Sam. With text contributions by (poet) Maria Barnas, (poet) I.K...

The things we surround ourselves with in our daily lives are a shadow of who we are. The house we live in, the carpet under our feet, the color of the wallpaper, souvenirs and knick knacks in the closet contain residues of memories and sentiments.

'What speaks to us' is a publication about the oeuvre of visual artist Arjan van Helmond, which offers a broad overview of his work from the past 12 years. The book is a moment of looking back, reflection, collecting and connecting.

De dingen waarm...

Een omvangrijke monografie over het werk van beeldend kunstenaar Franck Bragigand. Zijn beeldende kunst raakt aan aanverwante disciplines zoals vormgeving, architectuur en interieurarchitectuur. Al ruim twintig jaar legt Bragigand zich toe op het beschilderen van voorwerpen en objecten. Deze periode heeft geresulteerd in een omvangrijk oeuvre verzameld onder de titel: 'de restauratie van het dagelijkse leven'. Bragigand gebruikt verf om kleur te geven aan alledaagse verschijningsvormen die hi...

The European Ceramic Workcentre is widely regarded as a world leader through its capacity as both an artist-in-residence centre where creative professionals of all kind work with ceramic material and as an institution where the use of this material is understood as being consistently innovative in nature.

This survey describes how it has been possible for such an eminent position to be achieved and how the nature of work is influenced by prevailing circumstances and decision-making, be they ...

A comprehensive illustrated monograph on the work of Dutch visual artist Jan van de Pavert, with texts by the artist and art critic Mark Kremer.

Jan van de Pavert. Collected Works is a richly illustrated body of work covering the artist’s oeuvre of the past years. Initially, Van de Pavert became known for his sculptures, his early works referred to architecture and resembled parts from buildings, such as windows and doors. An example is the 1987 work Inversion: the work is a door and doorp...

In this book, Rob Perrée tells the story of his involvement in African-American art through a chronological collage of new texts, linking texts, previously published articles, essays, interviews, reviews, columns and short stories from 1990 to 2023. Together, they show the development of African-American art and demonstrate how its appreciation and perception have changed over time, in the US, but above all in the Netherlands as well, among the public and art institutions. It is a look behin...

Out Side In Side Out is an overview of 25 years of work by Dutch visual artist and performer Linda Molenaar, linking animal aspects in humans with human aspects in animals.

| A new book project by Alex Farrar, including an index of 49 questions about happiness.

| Limited-edition publication bound with several different covers, cut from a single drawing by Daniel Jacoby.

Are Dutch people happy people?

Does art make you happy?

What was your earliest memory of happiness?

What have you taught your children about happiness?

Notes on Happiness is a book project by artist Alex Farrar. The book is a long reflective text, based on conversations that Farrar had with peop...

How do you make a book about a period that is behind you? The publication Six impossible things before breakfast is a journey across twenty-five years of Verzameld Werk [Collected Work] and beyond. Verzameld Werk was an open house in the heart of Ghent. A playground for designers and guests, architects and artists. Tailor-made by thinkers and doers. It was founded in 1991, with Ingrid De Coster as one of its founders.

For this book, Ingrid De Coster collaborated with Loes Verstappen and Bas S...