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WINDOW ON INFINITY
A painting is more than a representation of reality. That is why modern painting embarks on a quest to liberate the imagination. Jef Verheyen’s ‘windows on infinity’ are an end destination on that expedition. Le Peintre Flamant – as Verheyen calls himself – takes us to what lies beyond perception. Directing our gaze to the immeasurable and incomprehensible, his contemplative spaces invite us to step beyond the physical boundaries of the canvas.
In Verheyen’s oeuvre lie dialogues between various artistic traditions, from European to East Asian. His artistic experimentation blends with Chinese philosophy: painting meets meditation. In this way – as thinking artist – Verheyen constructs a bridge between modern, conceptual and contemporary art.
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Günther Uecker and Jef Ve...
Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Günther Uecker and Jef Verheyen place a ‘window’ in the open field, as part of 'Vlaamse Landschappen' in ’t Kasteelke in Mullem, 1967. Photography, photograph.
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Concetto Spaziale
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1960. Painting, water-based paint and slashes on canvas, 144 x 101 cm.
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• 0102 • Le Vide (ed. 20)
Jef Verheyen, Sammlung Lenz, • 0102 • Le Vide (ed. 20), 1963-1965. Multiple, chromed metal, 50 x 36 x 7 cm, base 1,5 cm (h).
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Jef Verheyen presents his...
Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Jef Verheyen presents his sculpture 'Le Vide' up against the sky, 1965. Photography, photograph.
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Jef Verheyen
Jef Verheyen consistently marched to the beat of his own drum within the history of Flemish, Belgian and international abstract art from 1954
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Günther Uecker
On his participation-sheet for Vision in Motion, Uecker calls his works ‘Objecte’. The monochrome white and yellow canvases on panel, and a w
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Lucio Fontana
The Argentine-Italian visual artist Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) has broadened and deepened the avant-garde of the mid-twentieth century with ne