In Nature Morte Halloubi pays homage to the work of the Italian artist Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) who spent his entire life painting still lifes. By juxtaposing those works with art-historical events…
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Hodgkin was a superb colorist. As abstract as the paintings may initially appear to be, Hodgkin described himself as a ‘representational artist of emotional situations’. His paintings - ‘the…
Richard Long is a major figure with respect to Land Art : a movement associated with artists who, since the 1960s, have realized their work outdoors, with natural materials from the surroundings.…
The work of Giuseppe Penone deals with the desire for a union of man and nature, two entities that have become very remote from each other in western society. He continually endeavors to bring about…
In the paintings of Reinoud van Vught, paint and chance are given free rein. Moments at which he pours out the paint and directs the fluid substance only in a loose, intuitive manner are alternated,…
For Bird Nose Count (2020), Kasper Bosmans was inspired by the paintings of the 17 th -century artist Melchior d’Hondecoeter. Those works feature groups of birds that could only be seen together in…
Since the first day of spring 2001, the garden has been the domain of Rudy Luijters (The Hague, 1955). Luijters has given his project the title Calendarium : for a period of two growing seasons, until…
Every two years, the large walled garden at De Pont is placed at the disposal of a different artist for the execution of special projects and presentations. The garden is offered as 'a room without a…
An ode to the resilience of man and nature A hundred years ago, World War I was raging throughout Europe. Over the past few years, the photographer L.J.A.D. Creyghton and the Brussels-based…