Philippe Van Snick

Philippe Van Snick

BornNationalityBased In
1946BelgianN/A
Biography

Philippe Van Snick is one of the foremost contemporary Belgian artists. His work combines the heritage of modern abstract art and the conceptual enunciates of the seventies, delving into a field of speculations on the perception of the world and life. Even though Van Snick’s work has been repeatedly considered from the perspective of painting fundamentals, recent reviews of his oeuvre have shed light on his recurrent experimentations, straddling fields as distinct as conceptual photography, film, installation, artist’s books, or site-specific projects. Like a spiral, the work of Philippe Van Snick unfolds continually from the infinitesimal to that which transcends us. Encompassing not only mathematical strictness but also an experimentalism that embraces the element of chance in life, his artistic propositions are poetical and unconventional, at once dense and light-hearted, empathic and desiring of the world, silent and dynamic. ...

Selected Artworks
Monochrome Désatabilisé-re
Philippe Van Snick
Monochrome Désatabilisé-re, 1980
110 x 75cm
Dynamic/Mind/Drawings, Ellips - Ellipsoïde
Philippe Van Snick
Dynamic/Mind/Drawings, Ellips - Ellipsoïde, 1970
90 x 90cm
Dynamic/Mind/Drawings, Ellips - Ellipsoïde
Philippe Van Snick
Dynamic/Mind/Drawings, Ellips - Ellipsoïde, 1976
90 x 90cm
Dynamic/Mind/Drawings, Ellips - Ellipsoïde
Philippe Van Snick
Dynamic/Mind/Drawings, Ellips - Ellipsoïde, 1970
90 x 90cm
(0-9) Bogen, Schakels
Philippe Van Snick
(0-9) Bogen, Schakels, 1976
65 x 29cm
Eclips
Allies 1 (Violet)
Philippe Van Snick
Allies 1 (Violet), 2012
47 x 45cm
Allies 2 (White)
Philippe Van Snick
Allies 2 (White), 2012
57 x 55cm
Untitled
Eviter le pire (White)
Philippe Van Snick
Eviter le pire (White), 2014
61 x 51cm
GISANT
Philippe Van Snick
GISANT, 2018
78 x 100 x 2cm
0-9) GRANDE POLICROMIA (3)
Philippe Van Snick
0-9) GRANDE POLICROMIA (3), 1983
100 x 120cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Venice Biennial1999 - Venice
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