The first monograph of color drawings by Belgian artist Rinus Van de Velde Rinus Van de Velde (1983) has built up an extensive oeuvre of drawings, sculptures, installations and film.
This is the first publication in which the color drawings of Rinus Van de Velde are collected and interpreted..
Real events are transformed into a carefully constructed alternative universe in which every existing image still has complete freedom.
He plays a game in which he constantly hovers between reality and fiction.
In the process he explores the meaning of an image and how the existing meaning can evolve within an alternative narrative.
Van de Velde chooses his visual material from a variety of sources, ranging from images from books, film stills and his own photographic material, to home-made staged scenes and characters that are reduced to a single image.
His technical qualities receive optimal expression, and the work is often characterized by a high degree of realism.
With these drawings, Van de Velde returns to a very classical and direct style of draughtsmanship with color pencil on paper.
At the start of his career, however, he also created small drawings in color pencil, a technique he reintroduced into his work in 2018.
He is best known for his monumental works in charcoal.
The first monograph of color drawings by Belgian artist Rinus Van de Velde Rinus Van de Velde (1983) has built up an extensive oeuvre of drawings, sculptures, installations and film
