Description
Verviers/La Louvière, Musée Des Beaux-Arts de Verviers/Centre de La Gravure Et de L’Image Imprimée, 1993
Softcover, 30 x 21 cm, unpaginated (ca. 200 pages), illustrated throughout in color and black and white, French.
Interesting overview of the constructivist movement in the early 90s, divided into three sections: mesures a.i. et ses amis, pro verviers and editions-magazines. With an introduction by Jean-Pierre Maury, a text ( huit artistes Français) by Bernard Fauchille.
First section with one work reproduced for each artist and a biography/list of exhibitions. Featured artists: Yuri Avvakumov, Waldo Balart, Marcel-Louis Baugniet, Jean-Jacques Bauweraerts, Charles Bezie, Charles Biederman, Gerard Jürgen Blum-Kwiatkowski, Hartmut Böhm, John Carter, Nathan Cohen, Amédée Cortier, Gilbert Decock ,Jo Delahaut, César Domela, Jean Dubois, Jean-François Dubreuil, Ernest Edmonds, Henri Gabtriel , Pal Horvath, Jean-Pierre Husquinet, Fré Ilgen, Tim Johnson, Nic Joosen, Michel Jouët, Michael Kidner, Antonia Lambele, Walter Leblanc, Young Hyang Lee, Sol Le Witt, Jean-Pierre Maury, Martine Meunier, Manfred Mohr, Vera Molnar, Aurelie Nemours, Victor Noël, Nausica Pastra, Luc Peire, Yves Popet, Henri Prosi, Sigurd Rompza, Albert Rubens, Henryk Stazewski, Guy Vandenbranden, Marus van der Made, Hilde van Sumere, Dirk Verhaegen, Noël Vermeulen, Bob Verschueren, Jaak Vuylsteke, Leon Wuidar. A small bibliography is provided for each artist.
Second section with an introduction and text by Fré Ilgen followed by one picture and a a short bio of Michael Bette, Peter Halley, Fré Ilgen, Michael Kidner, Jean-Pierre Maury, François Morellet, Sigurd Rompza, Paul Suter.
Third section a list of mediators, with some information on their activities: b4 publishing, beau-house, editions cyan, atelier-editions Fanal, editions heads & legs, edition & galerie hoffman, galerie & editions lahumiere, galerie & editions quadri, a.s.b.l. tandem, constructivist forum, I.C.S.A.C., mesures art international, fondation pro.
