Jan De Cock develops his oeuvre in time and space, and however taking different forms, it forms one coherent entity. nAn important artistic consideration the artist made for the book is the element of the sequence. Books bring the fourth dimension time into art. The artist controls the sequence the viewer has to follow when viewing the work. This is also what De Cock aims at in his sculptural wor
Jan De Cock develops his oeuvre in time and space, and however taking different forms, it forms one coherent entity. nAn important artistic consideration the artist made for the book is the element of the sequence. Books bring the fourth dimension time into art. The artist controls the sequence the viewer has to follow when viewing the work. This is also what De Cock aims at in his sculptural work. The contact between the viewer and the book can be very intense. It is the artist creating a motion, as in cinema. Furthermore, the book is a 'gesamtkunstwerk': it is plastic art, graphic art, sculpture, literature and architecture braught together in one object. It is a Trojan horse: people observe a book differently from a work of art. nWith his work, Jan De Cock tries to combine various elements: useful information is combined with high-quality visual material. Even the text files have been graphically incorporated in the book. The book holds the attention from page to page, from 'start' to 'ending', even though these categories aren't always very clear in the book. Concept and contents as well as graphic design and finishing indicate skill.nDe Cock's work of the last two years has been included in the book, especially his recent solo exhibition at Tate Modern occupies a prominent place. This exhibition can be seen as a synthesis of his previous work. It formed an ending to a period and meanwhile, manifested itself as a new form of a retrospective. The works itself from the previous period were not rebuilt, but the exhibition showed the acquired insights and the continuously evolving formal language.nnThe text has been edited by Wouter Davidts and contains essays by Tim Martin, Kirstie Skinner, John Welchman, Jon Wood and Wouter Davidts. Each views Jan De Cock's work from his own work area, and different themes are being examined, such as the idea of the studio, the relation between De Cock's work and cinema, the 'monument'. n45 modules (XLVII-XCI), 60 Temps Mort, 6 drawings, 363 colour plates from Denkmal Series. Size: 245 x 305 x 70 mm. Pages: 632. 2 hard cover volumes in slip case.
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