Passe-Partout - D.D. Trans: second edition - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9464002557 ISBN 13 : 9789464002553

Editeur : Hopper & Fuchs, 2026

Synopsis

'Passe-partout' presents a refined and playful overview of Belgian conceptual artist D.D. Trans, revealing his poetic transformations of everyday objects into subtle visual statements. Through minimal interventions and precise compositions, mirrors, frames, cutlery, and domestic items become quietly subversive gestures that challenge notions of function, context, and meaning. Accompanying the exhibition at Mulier Mulier Gallery, the book captures a practice defined by refined humor and formal precision. Both contemplative and playful, it invites a reconsideration of the boundaries between art and life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

D.D. Trans (b. 1963, Belgium) is a conceptual artist whose work occupies a unique position between sculpture, painting, and design. Drawing on the legacies of Marcel Duchamp and Magritte, he reconfigures ordinary household objects ― frames, furniture, utensils ― into quiet, humorous interventions that question perception and value. His practice is marked by precision, restraint, and wit, transforming functional items into aesthetic reflections on human behaviour and visual culture. D.D. Trans has exhibited extensively in Belgium and internationally, with solo shows at Mulier Mulier Gallery, Galerie Annie Gentils, and Richard Foncke Gallery, among others. His works are part of several private and public collections and continue to inspire renewed conversations on materiality and meaning in contemporary art.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'PASSE-PARTOUT' – D.D. TRANS

Capturing refined humor and formal precision through minimal interventions.

Passe-partout presents an insightful overview of the practice of Belgian conceptual artist D.D. Trans, known for his subtle transformations of everyday objects into poetic visual statements. Through minimal interventions and precise compositions, D.D. Trans challenges notions of function, context, and meaning, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary. The book accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Mulier Mulier Gallery, offering a detailed look at his most recent body of work, where mirrors, frames, cutlery, and domestic items become quietly subversive sculptural gestures. A prodigy of minimal surrealism in a Belgian way.

This publication captures the refined humor and formal precision that define D.D. Trans’s artistic language. Photographic documentation of installations situate his work within broader dialogues of conceptual art, surrealism, and Belgian visual culture, Passe-partout invites readers to reconsider the boundaries between art and life. Both contemplative and playful, this book serves as a vital reference for collectors, curators, students and anyone intrigued by the aesthetics of transformation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hopper & Fuchs
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9464002557
• ISBN 13: 9789464002553
• Reliure: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible