This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition Tàpies. Lo sguardo dell'artista, at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice (1 June – 24 November 2013).
 
Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies' life (1923-2012) was marked by existential questioning. Philosophers, religious thinkers, scientists, Old Masters and contemporary artists alike influenced his artistic practice. Tàpies' impulse to collect stemmed directly from this fascination. Constantly seeking a link between the many cultures, geographies and epochs of humanity, his spiritual quest typified all his artistic preoccupations. The 2013 exhibition Tàpies. Lo sguardo dell'artista (The eye of the artist) at Palazzo Fortuny presents a thoughtful selection of Tàpies' own work in the broader context of his collection. The intimacy of the house of Mariano Fortuny, himself a kaleidoscopic collector, extends the dialogue. This book endeavors to convey the spirit of Tàpies' art and his extraordinary eye as both an artist and a collector.
 
This richly illustrated catalogue was  edited by Axel Vervoordt and features essays by Walter Hartsarich, Daniela Ferretti, Toni Tàpies, Natasha Hébert and Axel Vervoordt.
 
Available in English and Italian (Vervoordt Foundation in association with Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Mer Paper Kunsthalle, 2013).
 
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On the occasion of the exhibition "Ida Barbarigo - Unity in the Depth." we have published the monograph Ida Barbarigo.
This publication is the first survey of Barbarigo’s work from 1959 ‘till 1964, supplemented with her most recent work.
The book contains a moving essay by Giovanna Dal Bon in which she introduces the reader to Barbarigo’s work in a poetic way.
It also brings together many unpublished historic photographs that were discovered in the archives of Ida Barbarigo and her belated husband Zoran Music.
The catalogue will be available at the gallery.

 

Catalogue of the exhibition Norio Imai - White Event at Axel Vervoordt Gallery (14 March - 21 April 2013).
Norio Imai (°1946, Osaka) is the youngest member of the Japanese avant-garde movement Gutai. With his work he creates a monumental, monochrome white silence in space. For the artist, white is the ultimate colour, a non-colour combining all colours in perfect harmony. White is a full emptiness. Imai’s work goes beyond form and emanates a cosmic force.

This book will be presented in preview at the opening of Gutai: Splendid Playground at the Guggenheim museum in New York (15 February - 8 May 2013).

Published by the Axel and May Vervoordt Foundation in association with Axel Vervoordt Gallery, 2013.

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Catalogue of the Takis exhibition at Axel Vervoordt Gallery (25 October - 2 December 2012).
Takis (°1925, Athens, Greece) has devoted most of his artistic life to research into magnetism. As an instinctive savant, he believes all communication occurs through magnetic fields. Magnetic energies are his primary, unseen material, which he stages in all manner of ways so as to render them visible. Takis has consistently translated this poetic approach to science into works that sensitively deploy the forces of nature.

With his Signals, Magnetic Walls and Musicales, Takis makes invisible energies palpable and invites the spectator to enter into a wordless, energetic dialogue. In a way he both literally and figuratively charges the void, in order to make it eloquent. Instead of working with representations, the works are presentations of energies for us to engage with directly: the works’ impact is immediate. The works have a tangible effect on the viewer, who is touched by energies emitting from the work, which the artist claims can have a harmonizing effect. Rendering the void positive as a director of energies, in his works Takis invites viewers to engage with the Fourth Dimension. 

Published by the Vervoordt Foundation in association with Axel Vervoordt Gallery, 2012.

Sadaharu Horio (°Kobe, 1939) can be considered as the most important artist of his generation. He joined the Gutai group in 1966 and has been expanding on the avant-garde spirit of Gutai with an impressive body of experimental work. The relationship between art and the everyday life lies at the core of Horio's practice, which can be seen as on ever-repeating ritual. There is the act of coloring objects, which he undertakes every day. There are the many performances, producing a myriad of drawings and painting.

As he would describe it: "Everything ordinary or unaffected is basically a performance." Not a matter of aestheticization, or of raising the banal to the level of art. All is in the non-referential action. Atsuo Yamamoto, former curator of The Museum of Modern Art in Shiga (Japan) writes about the work of Horio: "The idea of creating so many drawings are connected to issue of life and time. All his works are done under one theme, to make the "invisible" visible. Horio always tries to grasp air - emptiness - or time, so essential for human beings ..."

Published by the Vervoordt Foundation in association with Axel Vervoordt Gallery, 2011

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Wabi is a Japanese concept that derives from simplicity and authenticity. It values the beauty in imperfection. Elegance in natural materials, nobility without sophistication, timelessness with tradition: these are the principles that define Axel Vervoordt's personal take on the concept. In this book, he reveals his interiors that are inspired by Wabi, showing readers how to create calm, peaceful spaces in which beauty is distilled to its purest form. Photographs by Laziz Hamani plunge us into the unique atmosphere of these Wabi inspirations.

Available in:
English: Axel Vervoordt: Wabi Inspirations (Flammarion, 2010)
Dutch: Axel Vervoordt: In het Spoor van de Wabi (Lannoo, 2010)
French: Axel Vervoordt, Esprit Wabi (Flammarion, 2010)

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Axel Vervoordt presents Academia: Qui es-tu?, taking place at La Chapelle de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, from September 10 until November 23, 2008. It is the second part of a trilogy which started with the exhibition Artempo: When time becomes Art and which ran at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice, Italy, between June and November last year. The trilogy will be completed in 2009 with the Venice-based L’Infinito del Non Finito.

Academia: Qui es-tu? is accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue published in English and French (2 separate versions) by MER Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent. A collector’s item in its own right, the catalogue features a preface by Henry-Claude Cousseau, Directeur de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and Giandomenico Romanelli, Director of the City Museums in Venice, and essays by Eddi De Wolf, René de Bartiral, Bernard Lietaer and Dominique Païni.

Published by Axel Vervoordt in association with Mer Paper Kunsthalle, 2008 

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