Visual artist Hans Op de Beeck (1969) will transform the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp this spring into a mysterious, deserted night park. A large, immersive walk will lead visitors through an enigmatic world where sculptures of characters, still lifes, animals, and architectural elements merge into a surreal and captivating experience, wrapped in the dark undertones of the night. This book offers the opportunity to relive the unique atmosphere of Night Journey again and again, even after the exhibition.

About the Author

Hans Op de Beeck (BE) produces large installations, sculptures, films, drawings, paintings, photographs and texts. His work is a reflection on our complex society and the universal questions of meaning and mortality that resonate within it. He regards man as a being who stages the world around him in a tragi-comic way. Above all, Op de Beeck is keen to stimulate the viewers' senses, and invite them to really experience the image. He seeks to create a form of visual fiction that delivers a moment of wonder and silence. Over the past 20 years Op de Beeck realised numerous monumental 'sensorial' installations, in which he evoked what he describes as 'visual fictions': tactile deserted spaces as an empty set for the viewer to walk through or sit down in, sculpted havens for introspection. In many of his films though, in contrast with those depopulated spaces, he prominently depicts anonymous characters. Hans Op de Beeck was born in Turnhout in 1969. He lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Op de Beeck has shown his work extensively in solo and group exhibitions around the world.

Book Information
ISBN 9789493416055
Author Hans Op de Beeck
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Hannibal Books
Publisher Hannibal Books