Marien Schouten - Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground - Hardcover

Schouten, Marien; Loock, Ulrich; Van Alphen, Ernst

 
9789493329621: Marien Schouten - Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9493329623 ISBN 13: 9789493329621
Verlag: Jap Sam Books, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

This is a remarkable and extensive monograph on the work of the Dutch artist and sculptor Marien Schouten (b. 1956, NL). Like a director, the artist was in complete control of the creative process, from the composition and autobiographical structure of the texts to the graphic design and layout of the book. This makes 'Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground' a comprehensive overview, and a unique encounter with the artist.

With text contributions by Hans Janssen, Ulrich Loock, Ernst van Alphen, and Marien Schouten.

'Increasingly I accepted the impulses of intuition to direct my choices. I see it as the artist’s role to make the subconscious less opaque, to slightly alter its borders and make them porous. One way of familiarizing yourself with a motif which meaning you don’t fully understand, is repetition. A motif, when repeated in different contexts and combined with other motifs or performed in various media, accumulates its own history. Each repetition reveals the motif’s characteristics in a new light. Over time, the motif becomes more familiar and articulated. The need to analyze its origin becomes less, it has become a new reality.' - Marien Schouten

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This is a remarkable and extensive monograph on the work of the Dutch artist and sculptor Marien Schouten (b. 1956, NL). Like a director, the artist was in complete control of the creative process, from the composition and autobiographical structure of the texts to the graphic design and layout of the book. This makes 'Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground' a comprehensive overview, and a unique encounter with the artist.

With text contributions by Hans Janssen, Ulrich Loock, Ernst van Alphen, and Marien Schouten.

'Increasingly I accepted the impulses of intuition to direct my choices. I see it as the artist’s role to make the subconscious less opaque, to slightly alter its borders and make them porous. One way of familiarizing yourself with a motif which meaning you don’t fully understand, is repetition. A motif, when repeated in different contexts and combined with other motifs or performed in various media, accumulates its own history. Each repetition reveals the motif’s characteristics in a new light. Over time, the motif becomes more familiar and articulated. The need to analyze its origin becomes less, it has become a new reality.' - Marien Schouten

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Verlag
Jap Sam Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9493329623
ISBN 13 
9789493329621
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
315
Herausgeber
Hodgings Ruth, Jap Sam Eleonoor
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