The book launch took place at WIELS Brussels
15 February 2025 at 3 pm
Introduction by Dirk Snauwaert.
With a musical performance by Hanne De Backer (bariton sax) and Ferdinand Lezaire (drums).
After the performance, you can get your book signed by the artist.
‘what the body can do’ comprises a series of works that were made to try out certain colour combinations, layers, gestures brush movements, and other ‘preparatory’ activities for his paintings. When Swennen came across them later, he noticed that some of the test sheets needed only minor changes or additions before resulting into a ‘finished work’.
The book includes a text by British visual artist and writer Tom Mason (EN), who has been actively following Walters’s work for 15 years.
Walter Swennen himself adds some thoughts (FR/EN).
Walter Swennen and Tom Mason
Hanne De Backer (bariton sax) and Ferdinand Lezaire (drums)