“when art, separated from lived life, loses all authenticity ; when the culture of a divided society tends to tragically isolate the individual increasingly in a rigid ensemble of ‘communitarian’ illusions ; when thirty minutes aboard a packed and smelling autobus will sway the most skeptical among the least numbed … one pulls his revolver !” [Sarafian]
“one should reread the oeuvre of henry miller.” (sic) [Van Snick]
“that the artwork comprises absolute values is the most important creative accomplishment — the work is derived from a serious synthesis of our physical and mental surroundings — art is the closest thing to man, it brings him closer to pure realities — it provokes a growing awareness.” [Van Snick]
— Sixième Biennale de Paris. Manifestation Biennale et Internationale des Jeunes Artistes, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2.10 – 2.11 1969. Catalog. The Jury International des Arts Visuels de la Sixième Biennale de Paris awards a grant to Willy Plompen, Jan Van Den Abbeel, and Philippe Van Snick for their group work, Trois ambiances en constructions paralleles. Each of the three artists exhibits a work of their own contained in one volume. Ph. Van Snick creates Quatre projections de façades, sometimes called Window Suite [13]. Later that same year, the work of the Biennale de Paris is on view at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent. Dirk Liefooghe completes a black-and-white film : Trois ambiances, 1969.
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Chronology
1960 -1969
[13] Window Suite, 1969