Philippe Van Snick | Dynamic Project

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Dynamic Project explores the wide-ranging oeuvre of Philippe van Snick (Ghent, 1946 - Brussels 2019). The exhibition is presented as a circle in which the artist’s struggle with the complexity of life and the world stands central. You can see his most important works as well as those that are lesser-known. Like a suite of music, the exhibition lends colour and timbre to an oeuvre that defies categorisation.

Van Snick’s work elaborates on a variable system, one that is both mathematical and poetic in nature. The decimal system (0-9) and the consistent 10-colour palette herald his artistic project, in which the artist uses the system as an alibi for the production of infinite possibilities.

Philippe Van Snick’s oeuvre does not reveal any abrupt stylistic breaks but consists of a meandering process of reflection in which his intentions become visible. His works are characterised by a personal note, a modest artistic gesture and the echo of vulnerability. Special attention is paid to Van Snick’s intimate living environment: his garden and house in France, his lifelong fascination with nature and its beautiful structures and cycles. He combines these elements instinctively and bridges them with geometrical interventions.

Dynamic Project includes his first sculptural analyses and mathematically formulated explorations of time and space. Conceptual photographs and short films are also presented. The exhibition additionally focuses on Van Snick’s later encounters with colour. Colour as a ready-made, but at a certain point also as a mixture, and as a metaphor for doubt and vulnerability. Colour as an independent expression of space.

Philippe Van Snick’s artistic production also includes numerous innovative permanent projects in the public space.