Walter Swennen
hic haec hoc
by Walter Swennen and Hans Theys
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).
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Walter Swennen: das Phantom der Malerei = The phantom of painting
2021, Kannibaal bvba / Hannibal
in German
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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.
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Walter Swennen is one of Belgium's foremost contemporary painters. 'Too Many Words' brings together all the paintings made between 2017 and 2020, and five recent essays and interviews written by Hans Theys. As such, this publication follows the book 'Hic Haec Hoc' (2016), which reproduced all of Swennen's paintings made between 2013 and 2016.0'Too Many Words' also contains correspondence, interviews, artist writings, and drawings from the same period, many of which have not been published before, as well as a selection of recently rediscovered older paintings.00Exhibition: Xavier Hufkens Galerie, Brussels, Belgium (27.01.-27.02.2021).
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