Philippe Vandenberg
Subtitle: kamikaze
By: herausgegeben von Brigitte Kölle (Hamburger Kunsthalle) & Felicity Lunn (Kunsthaus Pasquart)
Contributors: Vandenberg, Philippe, 1952-2009; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Centre PasquArt
Publisher: Hannibal; Koenig Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Veurne; London
Language: ger; eng; fre
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9789492677754; 9783960984917
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Kamikaze; Philippe Vandenberg.; Philippe Vandenberg. English.; Philippe Vandenberg. French.
Description: The Hamburger Kunsthalle is showing the most extensive retrospective to date of the work of Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg (1952-2009), comprising some 80 paintings and over 120 drawings and prints. This is the first show devoted to Vandenberg in Germany, inviting visitors to discover an important artist who may be unfamiliar to them. Highly acclaimed in his home country of Belgium, Vandenberg produced a radical and unsparing œuvre that is just now achieving greater international prominence. The title of the exhibition, Kamikaze, describes the artist's drastic working methods and results, a basic precept of which is that creativity is only possible through the deliberate destruction of what has gone before. Going beyond any single artistic "style", Vandenberg created complex images of our times which resonate with both contemporary pertinence and existential significance. The majority of the works on loan came from the artist's estate and are now being presented to the public for the first time. Exhibition: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany (16.11.2018 - 24.02.2019).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at Hamburger Kunsthalle from November 16, 2017-February 24, 2018; and at Kunsthaus Centre d'art Pasquart from April 14-June 16, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

German, English, and French.