Arpaïs Du Bois

Arpaïs Du Bois

Arpaïs Du Bois in Galerie Geukens and De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium, on December 9, 2010
Born 1973
Gent, Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Known for Contemporary art

Arpaïs Du Bois (born 1973) is a Belgian drawer and painter. She lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. She is represented by Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp.

Work

Her works on paper in diary-like books form a significant portion of her artwork. Utilizing word and image associations are characteristic of Du Bois's work, as is the use of language. These diaries, consisting of refined forms and scattered phrases, carefully positioned on otherwise empty grounds, have designated her public output, generally providing the content for her exhibitions in the form of pages torn from the notebooks arranged in novel constellations. These constellations have a high level of poetic strength as well as a striking fragility.

She formulates her (pre)occupation as a fight against forgetting, against oblivion. Her developed system of noting down what many overlook, of commenting so-called trivialities, by bending the bow between image and the written word has made her a fierce observer and commentator of the small systems in which we live, as well as the big wide world in which we attempt to make our small systems work.

She has three published books by Toohcsmi, Uitgevers, two books with Lannoo Publishers: one collaboration book with Japanese photographer Masao Yamamoto and one pure textual book.

She started a new collaboration with Hannibal Publishing in 2016. Arpaïs Du Bois has been working on a daily blog since 2008 called "Instant de jour et dessin d'un soir", which is a daily posted photograph combined with a daily drawing.

Reception

Concerning Du Bois's artwork, Roger Pierre Turine has stated, "Between dreams, pains, fears and passing euphoria, they are witness drawings and crutches to the artist whenever she doubts."[1] Anne-Marie Poels remarked, "Du Bois sees, thinks, feels, hears and lets the result of this flow onto paper".[2]

Books

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions:


Selected group exhibitions:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Turine, Roger Pierre (November 2008). "Le sauvetage de la grande béquille" [The rescue of the big crutch] (PDF). AAA Collect (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2008.
  2. ↑ Poels, Anne-Marie (November 2008). "Arpaïs Du Bois" (PDF). <h>ART (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2008.
  3. ↑ Rinckhout, Eric (2011-01-28). "Elke dag een tekening, een jaar lang" [A drawing every day, for a year] (PDF). De Morgen (in Dutch). p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2011.
  4. ↑ Poels, Anne-Marie (March 2012). "Yamamoto Masao en ARPAÏS du bois" [Yamamoto Masao and ARPAÏS du bois] (PDF). <h>ART (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2012.
  5. ↑ Lorent, Claude (2010-12-24). "Bel hommage au dessin" [A beautiful tribute to drawing] (in French). La Libre Belgique. p. 48. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24.
  6. ↑ Popelier, Bert (2010-12-15). "Revival van de tekenkunst" [Revival of the art of drawing] (in Dutch). De Tijd. p. 30. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15.

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