Bob Verschueren plays on the fragility of things and the pieces he creates interpret this idea of ephemeral Nature.
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A self-taught artist, Bob Verschueren began his career by painting: “Unsatisfied with the limits that canvas imposed on me, I turned toward the landscape, in which I intervened directly with natural pigments. Thus were born, in 1978, the Wind Paintings.”
Since 1995, the artist has also been developing a sound work entitled Catalogue of Plants. His installations, found more often inside exhibition halls than outside, are so many reflections on the unbeatable link between life and death.
He began his series Miniatures végétales in 2004. These sculptural objects are made from a single leaf or twig, then photographed. The field of exploration is so vast that the number of these works never ceases to grow.
Bob Verschueren plays on the fragility of things and the pieces he creates interpret this idea of ephemeral Nature.
“Every installation has value as a metaphor and not a symbol. I don’t want to wrap my installations in required, unequivocal readings. I prefer to keep them open to interpretation for each person, with their own sensibility, their own aptitudes. I seek to give my installations the character of ‘an event.’ And when an installation resonates with the setting that surrounds it, it becomes a natural part of it, establishing a tension between the timeless and the suggestion of ephemeral character.
“For me, the ephemeral nature of a work has an influence on the regard that one gives it. I consider each visitor to an exhibit to be a keeper of its memory. The photographs of an installation are not the end product of the work but rather a part of its memory.”
Bob Verschueren
Reference | 9782363060877 |
Number of pages | 64 |
Size | 20 x 25 cm |
ISBN | 9782363060877 |
Justification | Bound |
Technique | 40 color illustrations |
Publication date | 2013 |