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James Ensor by Doede Hardeman, Herwig Todts & Saskia de Bodt
'Als ik mijn tekeningen op karton van 1877 opnieuw bekijk, zie ik raakpunten met het Kubisme, Futurisme, Impressionisme, Dadaïsme en Constructivisme'. - James Ensor
Al bij leven was de Belgische kunstenaar James Ensor (1860-1949) een legende. »
'Als ik mijn tekeningen op karton van 1877 opnieuw bekijk, zie ik raakpunten met het Kubisme, Futurisme, Impressionisme, Dadaïsme en Constructivisme'. - James Ensor
Al bij leven was de Belgische kunstenaar James Ensor (1860-1949) een legende. »
Magritte by S. Gohr
The ongoing relevance of Belgian painter Rene Magritte may lie in the semioticcharacter of his work and its ability to create chasms between the world itssurfaces and the signs we use to occupy it. Magrittes paintings offer a spacefor the viewer to contemplate the emptiness of signs and to locate thatemptiness in a world we recognizeindeed the artist relies on the props ofnormalcy in order to upend invert and collapse them into the terra incognitawhere life leaves off and art begins. »
The ongoing relevance of Belgian painter Rene Magritte may lie in the semioticcharacter of his work and its ability to create chasms between the world itssurfaces and the signs we use to occupy it. Magrittes paintings offer a spacefor the viewer to contemplate the emptiness of signs and to locate thatemptiness in a world we recognizeindeed the artist relies on the props ofnormalcy in order to upend invert and collapse them into the terra incognitawhere life leaves off and art begins. »
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