Arpaïs Du Bois
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Arpaïs Du Bois is a Belgian
drawer
and painter
. She lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. She has been represented by Galerie van der Mieden (Antwerp) since 2007.
-like books form an essential part of her artistic work.
Word and image associations are characteristic and the importance of language is undeniable. The result is a poetic
transformation of an inner world constantly struggling with an assertive feeling with the outside influences. "Between dreams, pains, fears and passing euphoria
, they are witness drawings and crutches to the artist whenever she doubts. "Du Bois sees, thinks, feels, hears and lets the result of this flow onto paper".
Her paintings are digested comments on earlier drawings. "When I find a drawing in which I think others will see something, then I take it along for a painting. I have lived all my paintings, so to speak. Painting is an adventure".
She has 3 published books by Toohcsmi, uitgevers, (Gent), and one collaborating book with Japan
ese photographer Masao Yamamoto
(Lannoo) illustrate her peculiar relationship to books well.
ARPAÏS Du Bois has been working on a daily blog since 2008: 'instant de jour et dessin d'un soir', a daily posted photograph combined with a daily drawing.
selected group exhibitions:
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
drawer
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. She lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. She has been represented by Galerie van der Mieden (Antwerp) since 2007.
Work
Her works on paper in diaryDiary
A diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone...
-like books form an essential part of her artistic work.
Word and image associations are characteristic and the importance of language is undeniable. The result is a poetic
Poetic
Poetic may refer to:* Poetry, or a relation thereof.* Too Poetic, a deceased rapper and hip hop producer....
transformation of an inner world constantly struggling with an assertive feeling with the outside influences. "Between dreams, pains, fears and passing euphoria
Euphoria
Euphoria is an emotional and mental state defined as a sense of great elation and well being.Euphoria may also refer to:* Euphoria , a genus of scarab beetles* Euphoria, a genus name previously used for the longan and other trees...
, they are witness drawings and crutches to the artist whenever she doubts. "Du Bois sees, thinks, feels, hears and lets the result of this flow onto paper".
Her paintings are digested comments on earlier drawings. "When I find a drawing in which I think others will see something, then I take it along for a painting. I have lived all my paintings, so to speak. Painting is an adventure".
She has 3 published books by Toohcsmi, uitgevers, (Gent), and one collaborating book with Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese photographer Masao Yamamoto
Masao Yamamoto
is a Japanese freelance photographer known for his small photographs, which seek to individualize the photographic prints as objects.-Biography:Yamamoto began his art studies as a painter, studying oil painting under Goro Saito in his native city. He presently uses photography to capture images...
(Lannoo) illustrate her peculiar relationship to books well.
ARPAÏS Du Bois has been working on a daily blog since 2008: 'instant de jour et dessin d'un soir', a daily posted photograph combined with a daily drawing.
Books
- Bundel Lichamen, Toohcsmi, 2001
- Histoire, Imschoot, 2004
- des illusions virgule, Toohcsmi, 2005
- Where we met, Lannoo Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-90 209 5788 4
Exhibitions
selected solo exhibitions:- 'trois cent quatre-vingt-onze, deux mille sept cent quarante huit' 2011, Antwerp. 46 sketchbooks with a total of 2748 drawings, that together form the diaries of one year and 26 days. A mirror of herself in two thousand and a few splinters.
- 'du corps au monde' 2010-2011, Kapellen
- 'le sauvetage de la grande béquille' 2008, Antwerp
- 'petites graines de tous les jours' 2006, Prague
- 'histoire' 2004, Aulnay-sous-Bois, (Paris)
- 'mon rêve avait une jambe de bois' 2003, Asse
selected group exhibitions:
- 'when will they finally see the power of drawing' 2010-2011, Antwerp. This exhibition was presented as a unique and first choice exhibition in which drawings from 62 artists from the contemporary Belgian art-scene were brought together for the first time. A revival of the art of drawing.
- 'drawing actions' 2009, Geel
- 'papier' 2007, Antwerp
- 'tekeningen' 2004, Gent