1987 B — Philippe Van Snick lives and works in Schaerbeek, Brussels.
— Start teaching assignment at the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas, Brussels, drawing studio (later : painting studio). G Galerie Montevideo (run by Annie Gentils), Antwerp,
1987-1988. R Late 1980s : — Michel Foucault : Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique, 1961. — In 1987 : Antonin Artaud, L’Ombilic des Limbes (et autres textes), Paris, Gallimard, 1987. TH / — Efemeriden [163], 1987 : twenty columns, 20 × (120 × 40 × W 40 cm), multiplex, acrylic and glass.
— 3650 dagen / 3650 nachten [168], 1987 : 2 stacks of each 3650 printed sheets of recycled paper, 2 × (58 × 42 × 57 cm), placed side by side on the floor. On the sheets of one stack a pale blue rectangle is printed, and the sheets of the other stack have a black rectangle on them. The size of the sheets is the same as that of the journal Ga. On this work Ph. Van Snick has said :
The sheets of paper are shaped identically yet they differ in content, partly because of the two stacks and partly because of the layeredness. Days follow each other ; they sit on top of each other and apparently have some identity. The content can be determined by he who experiences it. They all are either pale blue or black, but they will differ depending on the state of mind or psychological content one combines with it. Likewise, time interferes. In between the first sheet and the 3600th one there is progression in time, so also in perception and the experience of it. [Excerpt from interview in Dutch by Philippe Severeyns, Brussels, 22.12.1986, published in GA, tijdschrift van de akademie van Waasmunster, vol. 6, nr. 1, Jan. 1987]
— In 1987 Philippe Van Snick starts working on the Symmetrische en Asymmetrische Dag en Nacht reeks. First there is Asymmetrisch on paper (1987), next Asymmetrisch on canvas (1987), followed by Symmetrisch on paper (1988), and, finally, Symmetrisch on canvas (1988-1989). Asymmetrisch on canvas and Symmetrisch on canvas are combined in 1990. In 1991 there is a synthesis with the Laura series, whereby each time Asymmetrisch and Symmetrisch are united in a single work. [Interview with Ph.V.S., studio, Brussels, 18.12.2009]
[163] Efemeriden, 1987. Installation view: Montevideo Gallery, Antwerp, 1987
The Symmetrische en Asymmetrische Dag en Nacht reeks [166, 167] on canvas (1987-1989) exists in the ten colors.
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Chronology
1980 -1989