Dirk Zoete : to be determined : according to the situation / editors, Ilaria Bombelli, Mousse Publishing, Ann Hoste, S.M.A.K.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zoete, Dirk, 1969- artist.

Contributor:

Bombelli, Ilaria, editor.

Hoste, Ann, editor.

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, Belgium), host institution.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Zoete, Dirk, 1969---Exhibitions.

Zoete, Dirk.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

182 pages (some folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Milan, Italy : Mousse Publishing, [2018]

Language Note:

Text in English and Dutch.

Summary:

Drawing forms the basis for all of Belgian artist Dirk Zoete's (born 1969) work. Starting from drawings, he makes models, sculptures, architectural constructions, photos, films and drawings. Zoete presents his conceptual models concerning man and the world on platforms and in stage sets that form part of his work. He directs variable scenes with a slightly absurd company of characters, animals and their props. In both his drawings and his spatial works, the emphasis is on the surface: the figures are flat and schematic and populate frontal spaces. They function as signs in Zoete's playful artistic language. The formal language of Zoete's spaces and characters is reminiscent of the revolutionary stage sets and costumes of the German Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism, though his figures display a more human, almost melancholy nature.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium, March 11-June 4, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9788867493517 :

OCLC:

1091315514