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His quest has resulted in the building of a sound and
comprehensive career over the last few decades, during which
he has experimented with different styles and painting
techniques, bringing these together effortlessly and as a
matter of course.
Vekemans' forte is painting. His earlier work consisted mainly of gouaches on cartridge paper but nowadays he mostly paints with oil on canvas or behind glass and some work and/or studies using mixed techniques: gouache, aquarelle, ink on paper. "In my paintings, I believe it is the image that counts, not the message. I do not want to express social commit-ment through my work. Reality is more overwhelming than imagination. How the paint was applied to the surface tells the story, not the actual rendering which is only of secondary importance." Vekemans has chosen resolutely for figurative painting. Images he found or images stored in his memory, but always recognisable and distilled from what is called "real life". He records these images using his own, personal style and without overshadowing conceptualism. Monography distributed by Exhibitions International |
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