1981 B — Philippe Van Snick lives and works in Schaerbeek, Brussels.
— Birth of Sarah, daughter of Philippe Van Snick and Dominique Schotte. G Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels : from 1980 to 1984.
R Early 1980s : — Le Corbusier : Le Modulor. Contre la pollution visuelle, Paris, Denoël / Gonthier, 1977. T H / — Eclips (0-9), 1981, plaster, (c. 10 × 400 × 600 cm). W
— Philippe Van Snick. (0-9) Monochomes déstabilisés-re, Brussels, Albert Baronian, 1981. [117] Text on the invitation card : RED from 18 April to 27 April BLUE from 28 April to 7 May YELLOW from 8 May to 17May GREEN from 18 May to 28 May ORANGE from 29 May to 8 June VIOLET from 9 June to 18 June WHITE from 19 June to 29 June BLACK from 30 June to 9 July SILVER from 10 July to 19 July GOLD from 20 July to 29 July.
[Translated from French]
In this first series of exhibitions only the Monochromes déstabilisés are actually shown : in each display one color plane divided into ten parts, spread across the four walls of the space. In the next gallery exhibition (October – November 1981), the 100 colored pieces are distributed in a random fashion on the four walls of the main space. [116] (Ph. Van Snick realized the re before (drawing, graphite on paper), but he exhibited it only in 1984, at the occasion of his exhibition at the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, with the 100 pieces grouped again by color.) [Interview with Ph.V.S., studio, Brussels, December 2009]
[116] Philippe Van Snick. (0-9) Monochomes déstabilisés-re, Brussels, Albert Baronian, 1981.
EX — 16 e Biennale Middelheim, Antwerp, Openluchtmuseum voor Beeldhouwkunst – Middelheimpark, 14.6 – 11.10.1981. Catalog. Ph. Van Snick realizes Eclips (0-9) [118], 1980-1981. The work is described in the catalog (p. 51) as follows (translated from Dutch) :
The ECLIPS forms are cut from the lawn’s surface, and each one is cast in 10 different plaster fragments. The fragments are removed from their cast and arranged in
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Chronology
[117] Invitation card, Albert Baronian, Brussels, 1981.
1980 -1989