Walter Swennen (*1946 in Brussels) is a true \u2018artists\u2019 artist\u2019 \u2013 a painter who has become an inspiration for countless younger artists outside mainstream trends. However, his work is hardly known to the general public, even though he is represented by international galleries and his work has been celebrated in Belgium and the Netherlands through numerous exhibitions in important museums.<\/p>\n
The exhibition title The Phantom of Painting echoes Swennen\u2019s conviction that what a painting reproduces as a motif is never identical to the image itself and that motif and painting are nevertheless inextricably interwoven. With his image-sceptical approach, Swennen pursues the content-related investigations of the Belgian surrealist Ren\u00e9 Magritte as well as the reflexive strategies of Marcel Broodthaers.<\/p>\n
In his search for a form of painting that undermines any form of clarity, Swennen draws on a wide range of motifs ranging from Belgian comic traditions to philosophical and belletristic literature, encyclopaedias and advertising logos. In his work, he refers to Constructive Art, Surrealism and Pop Art as well as to the rediscovery of painting in the 1980s, which he promoted significantly with his subtle form of \u2018bad painting\u2019 and his pictorial and linguistic wit.<\/p>\n
The retrospective presentation, realised in close cooperation with the artist, the Kunstmuseum Bonn and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, is Swennen\u2019s first institutional exhibition in Switzerland: his ingenious painting is definitely a discovery.<\/p>\n
Curator: Konrad Bitterli With\u00a0 kind support Kunst Museum Winterthur
\nBeim Stadthaus
\n8400 Winterthur
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1605 Tue 10 am\u20138 pm
\nWed to Sun 10 am\u20135 pm
\nMonday closed 1607 CHF 19 \/ 16 (reduced)
\nWith the\u00a0ticket you can visit all three\u00a0museums.
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