Night Time
Published on 12. July 2021
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-94-63887-66-3 (ISBN)
Description
"It's clear to see that what invariably animates the pictures is light. Watercolour is transparent, so the white of the paper itself is the light source." - Hans Op de Beeck
Hans Op de Beeck has spent more than ten years working on a series of large, monochrome watercolours which he paints at night. The original works measure from 2.5 to 5 metres across and deal with both classical and contemporary themes. In many cases they are poetic scenes depicting mysterious night-time locations, sometimes populated by anonymous people. In common with his entire oeuvre, the mood of the image is the prominent feature.
This luxurious, large-format book, published in a limited edition of 800 copies, brings together more than 60 night-time watercolours which have never been published before. Together they create a sort of associative graphic novel. Hans Op de Beeck makes sculptures, films, paintings, drawings, photographs, as well as writing and creating monumental installations. His work is lauded at home and abroad, and he has staged solo exhibitions in venues including M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Museum Wolfsburg, Smithsonian. His watercolours can be found in a number of top collections, including at the Centre Pompidou and Museum Voorlinden.
Hans Op de Beeck has spent more than ten years working on a series of large, monochrome watercolours which he paints at night. The original works measure from 2.5 to 5 metres across and deal with both classical and contemporary themes. In many cases they are poetic scenes depicting mysterious night-time locations, sometimes populated by anonymous people. In common with his entire oeuvre, the mood of the image is the prominent feature.
This luxurious, large-format book, published in a limited edition of 800 copies, brings together more than 60 night-time watercolours which have never been published before. Together they create a sort of associative graphic novel. Hans Op de Beeck makes sculptures, films, paintings, drawings, photographs, as well as writing and creating monumental installations. His work is lauded at home and abroad, and he has staged solo exhibitions in venues including M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Museum Wolfsburg, Smithsonian. His watercolours can be found in a number of top collections, including at the Centre Pompidou and Museum Voorlinden.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Belgium
Illustrations
126 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 380 mm
Width: 275 mm
ISBN-13
978-94-63887-66-3 (9789463887663)
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Person
Hans Op de Beeck attended the Vrije Kunsten program at the Kunsthogeschool Sint-Lukas in Brussels. Afterwards he studied for a year at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts, and then for two years at the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam). In 2002-2003 he was artist in residence for one year at the MoMA PS1 in New York. From 2001, when he became the winner of the Young Belgian Painting Prize, he became widely known for his artistic work in the form of large-scale installations, some of which can be seen in public places, such as Lily Pond (2017) in Tongeren or The Quiet View (2015) on the Herkenrode site in Hasselt, on the site of Abdij van Herkenrode. The work aims to evoke the silence that once prevailed in the church.