{"product_id":"9789464366778-ben-sledsens","title":"Ben Sledsens","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA stunning monograph on the colourful universe of Belgian artist Ben Sledsens. Text in English, French, Dutch, and German.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunning monograph on the colourful universe of artist Ben Sledsens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Ben Sledsens (b. 1991) combines an in depth knowledge of the visual tradition with his own mythology. With his large-scale canvases, he shows us fragments from his imaginary world, a Utopia in which he himself wants to live. His colours and reinterpretations of the landscape are reminiscent of artists such as Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Henri Rousseau and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough his landscapes, portraits, and historical and daily scenes have an idyllic appearance, there is also a certain tension and mystery in his scenes. He always builds up his compositions around a moment of climax with an open beginning and end. By reusing motifs, themes, objects and poses, Sledsens creates an intriguing puzzle of references and builds a recognisable, coherent, romantic and utopian oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis publication bundles Sledsens’ most recent work, from 2018 to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith text contributions by Herwig Todts (curator modern art KMSKA, Antwerp) and Stefan Weppelmann (director Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText in English, French, Dutch, and German.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57396570259830,"sku":"9789464366778","price":57.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40016589.jpg?v=1772520332","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789464366778-ben-sledsens","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}