Walter Swennen
©image: M HKA
° 1946
Lives in Brussels (BE), born in Brussels (BE).
"Vital is the beauty of the leap towards emptiness", Walter Swennen.
Brussels-based artist Walter Swennen is active as poet and painter, and the dynamic between word and image is often featured prominently in his work. Swennen paints or draws with playful irony and a special talent for visual associations. Swennen calls himself a constrained artist, but he claims to actually use these constraints to paint. Central to Swennen's work is for the viewer to leave behind reason and give leeway to imagination.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1971-1973.Drawing, mixed media, paper, 196 x 149 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel (Souvenir) [Untitled (Souvenir)], 1982.Leaflet, oil paint, paper, canvas, 231 x 150 cm.
>Pierre Vlerick , Roger Wittevrongel , Jan Vanriet, Hugo Duchateau, Mark Luyten, Walter Swennen, Ado Hamelryck, Fred Bervoets, Philippe Vandenberg, Marcel van Jole, Negen hedendaagse tekenaars uit Vlaanderen, 1985.Book, ink, paper, 29.6 x 21 cm, 24 p., language : Dutch, publisher : ICC/Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen.
>Walter Swennen, De Kerstboom van Kurt Schwitters, 1985.Painting, oil, lacquer on wood, 113 x 78 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel (Gods Voet) [Untitled (God's Foot)], 1985.Painting, oil paint on canvas, 200 x 160 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel (Manivelle), 1986.Painting, 94.5 x 63.5 x 5 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Mesmeric Revelation, 1987-1988.Painting, oil, lacquer, canvas, 200 x 190 cm.
>Walter Swennen, W. Swennen, 1994.Book, ink, paper, 27 x 21 cm, 144 p., language : Dutch, English, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen.
>Walter Swennen, De Heilige Bart, 1996.Painting, oil on canvas, 84 x 75 cm.
>Hans Theys, Walter Swennen, Le Cow-boy, 1997.Book, ink, paper, 64 p., ISBN: none.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel (Oskar), 2003.Sculpture, bronze, paper, 67 x 30 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel 2, 2005.Print, 52 x 52 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel 1, 2005.Print, 52 x 52 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zij die hier zijn zijn van hier, 2006.Painting, oil on canvas, 80 x 68 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zij die van hier zijn zijn van hier, 2006.Painting, acryl op doek, 40 x 50 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zij die hier zijn zijn van hier, 2007.Print, screen print, 80 x 68 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Leeuw [Lion], 2007.Painting, oil, canvas, 170 x 150 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 230 X 170 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 196 x 148 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 210 x 133 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 210 x 148 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, ballpoint pen on paper, 208 x 132 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 196 x 147 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 198 x 158 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 168 x 136 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 280 x 210 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 280 x 210 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paint, paper, 196 x 147 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Popelier + poppermeke.Drawing, mixed media, paper, 197 x 148 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, mixed media, paper, 209 x 169 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Drawing, paper, 198 x 149 mm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder Titel.Drawing, paper, 21 x 14,8 cm.
>Walter Swennen, Zonder Titel.Drawing, paper, 20,8 x 13,2 cm.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp. 07 June 2019 - 15 September 2019.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Tracés. Similarities and dissonants. 01 March 2012 - 31 March 2012.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Herzele – Beyond words. 03 April 2015 - 03 May 2015.
> Exhibition: INBOX: Herinneringen aan Montevideo: De Antwerpse Avant-Garde in de vroeger jaren '80. Deel 1: 1981-1982. 17 June 2016 - 10 July 2016.
> Exhibition: INBOX: Herinneringen aan Montevideo: De Antwerpse Avant-Garde in de vroeger jaren '80. Deel 2: 1983-1984. 15 July 2016 - 07 August 2016.
> Exhibition: Let's Play Museum. 10 June 2023 - 17 September 2023.
> Exhibition: Museum in Motion. 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.
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> Exhibition: Museum in Motion - Walter Swennen. 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.
> Exhibition: Narcisse Tordoir – The Pink Spy. 13 March 2014 - 25 May 2014.
> Exhibition: Salon de Peinture. 17 January 2019 - 31 March 2019.
> Exhibition: The collection II – Winter 2002. 23 November 2002 - 09 February 2003.
> Exhibition: The Eightees – A Decade of Extremes. 17 June 2016 - 18 September 2016.
> Exhibition: Visite Herentals - Reflections 2. 04 March 2017 - 26 March 2017.
> Exhibition: Walter Swennen. 17 September 1994 - 20 November 1994.
> Exhibition: Walter Swennen. 05 October 2013 - 26 January 2014.
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> Ensemble: An Architecture for Art - Walter Swennen.
> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
> Ensemble: De M HKA - Collectie [The M HKA Collection].
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
> Ensemble: The City Collection / De Stadscollectie / La collection municipale.
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> Ensemble: The Hat or the Rose, the Common Place.
> Ensemble: Walter Swennen.