Basic Rhythms of Being: Linda Vinck. a Life in Patterns - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9464002484 ISBN 13 : 9789464002485

Editeur : Hopper & Fuchs, 2025

Synopsis

'Basic Rhythms of Being, a Life in Patterns' offers a comprehensive exploration of Linda Vinck’s five-decade career, shaped by organic patterns, rhythmic repetition, and a synesthetic connection between visual art and music. Through repetitive signs, symbols, and mixed media, her work unfolds as evolving compositions where forms grow, merge, and separate according to subtle internal rhythms. Influenced by micro-forms in nature, dance, and contemporary composition, her visual language reveals a deeply personal and sensory-driven practice. Enriched by cultural and spiritual encounters, this monograph presents a profound insight into an oeuvre where rhythm becomes a way of being.

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À propos de l?auteur

Linda Vinck (born 1942 in Antwerp, lives and works in Mortsel) is a painter who focuses on the concept of rhythm and repetitiveness in her work. She constantly repeats signs or symbols according to rhythmic patterns, until they eventually merge into one whole. She uses lines, shapes and colours in this way, making her canvases seem to grow organically. The organisation of chaos and structure in disorder are the keys to her work, both in her graphics and in her paintings. Linda Vinck has been building up a coherent graphic oeuvre in the past thirty years. She experiments with sizes: from small to very large, and explores the technical possibilities. She is a master of relief printing, but she also surprised with stunning dry-point works. After a spell on the Cape Verde Islands she introduced in the serial work a new topical concept of the arts: synesthesia, the connecting of different sensory spheres, in this case the relationship between her visual work and music.

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'BASIC RHYTHMS OF BEING, A LIFE IN PATTERNS' – LINDA VINCK

An exploration on the transformation of visual elements into rhythmic patterns.

'Basic Rhythms of Being, a Life in Patterns' is a comprehensive monograph that contextualizes nearly five decades of work by the Belgian visual artist Linda Vinck. Her practice is centered on the concept of rhythm, using repetitive signs, symbols, and mixed media techniques to create canvases that appear to grow organically. Vinck’s unique artistic identity is deeply informed by her fascination with the interplay of micro-forms in nature, dance, and the work of contemporary composers.

The publication introduces her prolific language as an artist, exploring how she transforms visual elements into rhythmic patterns where signs merge and separate according to principles of attraction and rejection. The materiality of her work is further enriched by spiritual and cultural influences gathered during year-long residencies in Cape Verde, South Africa, and Japan. Featuring texts by Paul Vandenbroeck, Ernest Van Buynder, and Dirk Verhaegen, this book serves as both a discovery of an octogenarian female artist and a deep dive into the connection between different sensory spheres ― specifically the relationship between visual art and music.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hopper & Fuchs
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: néerlandais
• ISBN 10: 9464002484
• ISBN 13: 9789464002485
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible