Stef Driesen

A beautiful art book with a selection of 60 abstract paintings from the recent work (2008 - now) of Brussels based artist Stef Driesen. Driesen brings forward an interest in a more ambient space ; providing atmospheric presence in the work. The grayed palette offers moments of bright color and light breaking through giving a sense of landscape and deep ; almost transcendental ; fields. The cascading compositions and canyonlike perspectives conjure the movement of waterfalls and ; in some cases ; is fractured by architectural references. The body ; once the primary subject of Driesen's project ; can ; in his newer more abstract work ; still be sensed at times in ghostly torso references. With a text by Wouter Davidts. Stef Driesen's work has been featured in several solo and group exhibitions all over the world and also in the collections of Marc Foxx ; LA ; Foundation Maeght ; Saint-Paul-de-Vence ; Saatchi collection ; Dayton Art Institute ; MADRe Museum ; Naples ; and Neuberger Museum of Art ; Purchase. He is represented by Galerie Greta Meert (Brussels) and by Marc Foxx Gallery (Los Angeles)