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This Useless Beauty
Patrick Vertenten
- Snoeck Publishers (BE)
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Publisher | Snoeck Publishers (BE) |
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ISBN | 9789461618849 |
Publication date | January 2024 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 280 x 260 mm |
Illustrations | 115 col.ill. |
Pages | 128 |
Language(s) | Eng/ NL ed. |
Description
Patrick Vertenten (1964, Sint-Gillis-Waas) is een kunstenaar die schildert vanuit het hart. Dankzij diffuus licht en subtiele penseelstreken - vergelijkbaar met de ondiepe focus in cinematografie - baadt het oeuvre van de Belgische kunstenaar in nostalgie en melancholie.
Geïnspireerd door film, literatuur, poëzie, en muziek, recupereert Vertenten bestaand beeldmateriaal uit verschillende bronnen, dat hij transformeert in een volledige nieuwe karakterstudie van het leven en de mensheid: eenzaamheid, zwakte, intimiteit, verlangen en sehnsucht.
De toeschouwer, geraakt door de schoonheid van het schilderij, wordt uitgenodigd om het beeld te verkennen in de nieuwe context. De zware, donkere tonen in het beeld stemmen overeen met het gewicht van het leven. Ze leven op en flikkeren in het contrast met de schilderkunstige hoogtepunten die functioneren als symbolische lichtpunten.
Patrick Vertenten (1964, Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium) is a artist who paints from the heart. Marked by the use of diffused light and brushstrokes-reminiscent of shallow focus in cinematography-the atmosphere of the Belgian artist's oeuvre is one of nostalgia and melancholia.
Inspired by film, literature, poetry, and music, Vertenten recuperates found imagery from various sources before transforming them into a brandnew entity, examining the bittersweetness of humanity and life in general; loneliness, weakness, intimacy, desire, and Sehnsucht.
Moved by the beauty of the picture, the viewer is invited to explore the image in its new context, possibly striking a nerve or two, in which the dark tones of the picture resonate with the burden of life, reviving in the contrast of the symbolic and painterly highlights.
Patrick Vertenten (1964, Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium) is a artist who paints from the heart. Marked by the use of diffused light and brushstrokes-reminiscent of shallow focus in cinematography-the atmosphere of the Belgian artist's oeuvre is one of nostalgia and melancholia.
Inspired by film, literature, poetry, and music, Vertenten recuperates found imagery from various sources before transforming them into a brandnew entity, examining the bittersweetness of humanity and life in general; loneliness, weakness, intimacy, desire, and Sehnsucht.
Moved by the beauty of the picture, the viewer is invited to explore the image in its new context, possibly striking a nerve or two, in which the dark tones of the picture resonate with the burden of life, reviving in the contrast of the symbolic and painterly highlights.