Art critics commonly describe the work of Belgian artist Jef Geys (1934-2018) as “unruly, and impossible to categorize in conventional art-historical categories.” Despite Geys’ subversive and critical attitude towards the art world, this ambitious publication shows that his work is not only deeply engaged and socially critical but also funny and sensory.

Since the early 1960s Geys had compiled an archive of everything he considered part of his artistic practice in to form of his ‘List...

“The more I reflect on her work, the more it appears to me as

a peculiar form of Land Art”, is how arthistorian Ory Dessau

describes the art practice of Marie Cloquet. The artist put

together an extensive archive of photographs and uses it time

and again to create her monumental landscapes on canvas.

She considers the images, both digital and analog, as sketches

and sees similarities between her process and that of classical

painters. Close to the way in which, for example, the Fle...

De kunst van Jacqueline Mesmaeker is ongrijpbaar, zoals zand dat tussen de vingers glijdt. Het nestelt zich in onze geest

en laat ons niet los. Nochtans bleef zij het grootste deel van haar carrière werken in de schaduw van vele mannelijke collega-kunstenaars. Over een tijdspanne van 50 jaar real- iseerde Mesmaeker een ongezien oeuvre dat zich inschrijft binnen de recente Belgische kunstgeschiedenis als revelerend.

CC Strombeek, BOZAR en het Roger Raveel Museum brachten in 2020 telkens een ...

Jean De Groote (°1955), Einzelgänger en al eens “Schilder van de Stilte” genoemd of schilder-filosoof, is iemand die zich met bijna dagelijkse regelmaat verdiept in filosofische teksten. Voorts zondert de kunstenaar, die zich aanvankelijk in hoofdzaak grafisch uitte, maar zich decennia later als een uitmuntend schilder manifesteert, zich elke ochtend af in het kleine atelier, waar aan de rechterzijde een enkel raam zit dat er met regelmaat voor zorgt dat zijn werken aan hun linkerzijde ...

This publication is the latest monograph on the work Ryuji Tanaka. It shows unpublished historical photographic documentation and gives an overview of Tanaka’s body of work.

Published by Axel Vervoordt Gallery in collaboration with MER, art imprint of Borgerhoff&Lamberigts.

Sean Crossley's 'Excess/Support', presents a meticulously crafted collection of 100 paintings spanning from 2019 to 2023.

Originally conceived as a conceptual wall installation, these works now converge within the pages of this volume, offering readers a glimpse into the artist's intricate creative process.

From fleeting moments of inspiration to prolonged periods of introspection, each painting reflects Crossley's relentless pursuit of artistic 'enoughness'. Through a delicate interplay of...

"In his work, Stefan Peeters unlocks a window to a different, unnameable, intensified world for us to behold. " Hans Op de Beeck.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Fearful Symmetry at Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels, Stefan Peters' latest monograph VISTAS compels us to a journey through his latest body of work of enigmatic landscapes that transcend the tangible and evoke profound emotional resonance. Guided by the insights of Hans Op de Beeck, Claire Leblanc, and Stef Van Bellingen, w...

As attested by her inclusion in several important survey exhibitions, including The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain at the Wende Museum, Los Angeles (2019–20), Drozdik is one of the most significant Eastern European women artists working in experimental performance and photography before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Following her move to New York, she worked in close relation to feminist, critical and experimental literary practices associated with New York...

Since the mid-nineties, Johan De Wilde (°1964, BE) has been

making pencil drawings that can be considered as the work of

a ‘human printer’, like man created computers in his mind.

The artworks are meticulous built as paintings, layer after layer

of horizontal and vertical lines, with a suggestion of shapes or

numbers interwoven. De Wilde draws the canvas he paints on

and mostly uses the same formats: A6, A4, A2, because he wants

the drawings to be as universal as possible and thes...