Posture Pockets, N°2: Brieven (1986-87) - Sofie Frederix
Philippe Vandenberg & Franklin Engeln.
KORTE INHOUD
In the winter of 1986, artist Franklin Engeln addresses his first letter to painter Philippe Vandenberg. ‘Good correspondence is rare,’ Vandenberg writes in his reply to Engeln. What follows is an exchange as flourishing as it is short-lived. The two artists get to know each other at Richard Foncke’s gallery in Ghent. It does not stop at meetings in the gallery. The friends regularly have dinner together and occasionally visit each other at home or at their studios. At the time of the correspondence, Vandenberg lived and worked in Ghent, while Engeln lived and worked in Antwerp, where he still lives and works.
The letters illuminate Vandenberg’s oeuvre in a different way, in which words such as poetry, humanity and tenderness are central. In addition, they offer an insight into Engeln’s little-known work.
As a historical source, the correspondence sheds light on the artist’s thoughts in the studio, as well as the friendship and discussion points between the two letter writers. The layering and complexity of the...
The letters illuminate Vandenberg’s oeuvre in a different way, in which words such as poetry, humanity and tenderness are central. In addition, they offer an insight into Engeln’s little-known work.
As a historical source, the correspondence sheds light on the artist’s thoughts in the studio, as well as the friendship and discussion points between the two letter writers. The layering and complexity of the...
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2022Uitgever: Posture Editions96 paginasTaal: NederlandsISBN-10: 949126253XISBN-13: 9789491262531Koop dit boek tweedehands
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In the winter of 1986, artist Franklin Engeln addresses his first letter to painter Philippe Vandenberg. 'Good correspondence is rare,' Vandenberg writes in his reply to Engeln. What follows is an exchange as flourishing as it is short-lived. The two artists get to know each other at Richard Foncke's gallery in Ghent. It does not stop at meetings in the gallery. The friends regularly have dinner together and occasionally visit each other at home or at their studios. At the time of the correspondence, Vanden...
