Walter Swennen
Subtitle: hic haec hoc
Contributors: Nicomede, Francis, contributor; Simpson, Helen (Translator)
Publisher: Xavier Hufkens
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9789491245169
Subjects: Exhibitions; Belgian Painting
Description: Walter Swennen is known for his radical, experimental, and associative approach to painting. A poet before he became a painter, it is no coincidence that Swennen perceives painting to be an act of translation, and that language plays a vital role in his practice. The manner in which he handles motifs, taking them as he finds them, high or low, and manipulating them at will, is akin to a kind of visual poetry that harks back to his earlier career. Freely associative and humorous, Swennen?s paintings explore the relationship between symbols, legibility, meaning, and pictorial treatment. Published on the occasion of an eponymous exhibition at Xavier Hufkens, Brussels. Exhibition: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (28.10.-17.12.2016).
Notes: This catalogue was published on the occassion of the exhibtion HIC HAEC HOC by Walter Swennen at Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, from October 28 - December 17, 2016.