Hilde Van de Walle
Subtitle: related forms
By: Hilde Van de Walle [author: Patricia De Corte]
Contributors: Corte, Patricia De, author
Publisher: Stichting Kunstboek
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Oostkamp
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9789058565891
Work titles: Sculptures
Description: Hilde Van de Walle (b.1957) is a multi-disciplinary artist. In a period of 30 years she created a vast and highly appreciated oeuvre consisting of graphic art, paintings, ceramics and monumental bronzes. She often explores the mystery behind the human facade. As an artist she wants to achieve maximum expression with a minimal number of visual clues. Her images are actions frozen in time. It is the task of the spectator to fill in the preceding action or imagine the continuation of the movement. Her imagery is wilful; the artist dislocates normal anatomy and forces it into a new shape. Parts of the body are deliberately eliminated to come to the purest expression. The subdued charisma of the figures stimulates a dialogue with the environment and the spectator. The residual space between the images is no blank space, but acts as a sound box that amplifies the expression. Capturing the intangible in an image remains Hilde's passionate ambition.
Notes: Text in Dutch and English.