Wout VercammenActor from M HKA Ensembles

Wout Vercammen

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1938 - 2018

Born in Antwerp (BE), works in Antwerp (BE).

Wout Vercammen (1938-2018) is an Antwerp artist who took his Belgian nationality and turned it into a readymade product. He patents the Belgian national flag as an artistic concept and employs this striking colour pattern in much of his graphic art.

As a young artist, he studies to become a typographer, and develops a special interest in the turbulent events of the time, both in contemporary art and on the political stage. During the early sixties, he is closely involved with the happenings and colourful, carnival-like street performances orchestrated in Antwerp's city centre. By using images and text collages, he gradually develops his own unique form of expression. He creates letter and action paintings that form a critique on society – mostly in oil or acrylic on canvas – with a very direct and often humorous imagery. Subversive thinking and cynical understatements are frequently featured in his works. Over time he also uses the square metre as a standard measurement for his canvases.

His uncompromising attitude makes him a living legend on the Antwerp art scene, at the same time it caused him to become both outsider and outcast in the established world of contemporary art. Shortly before his death he is recognised in the public sphere, with three exhibitions of his work shown at M HKA in 2015; these exhibitions were prompted by the publication of a monograph on Vercammen, authored by Ronny Van de Velde.

Worksfilter for M HKA works

>Wout Vercammen, Compositie, 1956.Painting, oil on canvas , 86 x 106 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1960.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 70 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Tao, 1961.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 85 x 70 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1962.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 82 x 101 cm .

>Wout Vercammen, To Kid Parret, 1962.Painting, oil on canvas, 45 x 35 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1963.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 86.5 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1963.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 81.1 x 101 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Studie voor pneumatische sculptuur, 1965.Drawing.

>Wout Vercammen, Et vous!, 1965.Collage, collage, 33.5 x 27 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Firestone green monster, 1965.Collage, collage, 33.5 x 27 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Blaza Karanam, 1965.Drawing, ink on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Moonscape, 1965.Object, 30 x 51 x 12.5 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Pneumatisme [Pneumatism], 1965.Drawing.

>Wout Vercammen, Naissance d'un mouvement, 1965.Painting, oil on canvas, 195 x 130 cm.

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> Panamarenko, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Bernd Lohaus, Wout Vercammen, Jeroen Henneman, Happening in drie bedrijven, happening in the modern world, 1965.Happening.

>Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Wout Vercammen, Panamarenko, Yoshio Nakajima, KYRPWWAWAX - Happening in een heerlijke nieuwe stad IV, 1965.Happening.

> Panamarenko, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Yoshio Nakajima, Wout Vercammen, NU Happening van een bezette stad II, dancing-, music-, photography-, movies-, pantomime and other actions, 1965.Happening.

> Panamarenko, Wout Vercammen, Yoshio Nakajima, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, KYRPWWAWAX, International Happening News, Happening in een heerlijke stad IV [KYRPWWAWAX, International Happening News], 1965.Poster, black ink, pink paper, 28 x 44 cm.

> Panamarenko, Wout Vercammen, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Yoshio Nakajima, Nu Happening van een bezette stad III [Now Happening of an Occupied City III], 1965.Poster, blue ink, paper, 29 x 18.5 cm.

> Panamarenko, Wout Vercammen, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Bernd Lohaus, Yoshio Nakajima, Happening 6 , 1965.Poster, ink, paper, 29 x 18.5 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Out some way, 1966-1967.Drawing, gouache on paper, 55 x 73 cm.

>Jef Verheyen, Henri-Floris Jespers, Guy Vaes, Ivo Michiels, Wout Vercammen, Pour une peinture non plastique (hardcover), 1967.Book, ink on paper, hardcover.

>Jef Verheyen, Guy Vaes, Henri-Floris Jespers, Ivo Michiels, Wout Vercammen, Pour une peinture non plastique (softcover), 1967.Book, ink on paper, softcover, 28 x 18.2 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Entrée libre rien à voir, 1969.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Cirkel-vierkant-driehoek, 1969.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Toujours en retard, 1969.Painting, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 80 x 180 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Amaai, 1970.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Weekend, 1970.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, 1970.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, South Africa is famous for its Birds, 1970-1986.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Angola, 1972-2015.Print, screen print op doek, 200 x 200 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Oost West, 1972-2015.Print, screen print op doek, 200 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Orgasme-strijder, 1972-2015.Print, screen print op doek, 200 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Big Brother, 1972-2015.Print, screen print op doek, 200 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Pausmobiel, 1972-2015.Print, screen print op doek, 200 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Verzetsstrijders en Kolonels 2, 1972-2015.Print, screen print op doek, 200 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Massa's, 1972-2015.Print, screen print op doek, 200 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Vlaamsch landschap [Flemish Landscape], 1972.Painting, acrylic paint, canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, SOS switch off something, 1973-1974.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Black hole target Belgium, 1973.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Belgian Stars and Stripes, 1973.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, A Belgian Artproduct, 1973.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Belgian Readymade, 1973.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Post Para Neo, 1975.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, That's all folks, 1978.Painting, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 65 x 74 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Wir haben es gewusst, 1978-1986.Painting, oil, canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Post Para Neo, 1981.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Catafalk, 1985.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, The noise of silence, 1986.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

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>Joris Ghekiere, Panamarenko, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Wout Vercammen, Diana Van Strijdonck, Happeners opnieuw verenigd - Ontbijt op de Groenplaats, 1987.Happening.

>Jef Lambrecht, Karel Schoetens, Wout Vercammen, Angel Vergara, details video Canonisatie Vincent van Gogh, 1991.Photography, photographic paper, emulsion, 10 x 15.

>Laetitia Yalon, Nicole van Goethem, Rudi Renson, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Danny Devos, Guy Rombouts, Wout Vercammen, Jan van Veen , Jef Lambrecht, 3K-Kelder AK-37, 1994.Photography, paper, emulsion, 10 x 15 cm.

> Panamarenko, Jef Lambrecht, Guy Bleus, Wout Vercammen, Wout Vercammen - Art is a Trick, 1995.Book, ink, paper, 23.5 x 17 cm, 69 p., language : Dutch, publisher : Kunstcentrum Il Ventuno/Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, ISBN : 90-6685148-1.

>Wout Vercammen, Panamarenko, Willem Elias, Wout Vercammen 'HYPER NEO RETRO', 2008.Book, ink, paper, 20 x 19.9 cm, 151 p, language : Dutch, publisher : arte Ventuno, Modern & contemporary art, Brussel/Hasselt.

>Wout Vercammen, Wout Vercammen, 2014.Book, ink, paper, 30 x 30 cm, 454 p., language : Dutch, publisher : Galerie Ronny Van de Velde & Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, ISBN : 9789072828514.

>Wout Vercammen, Zonder titel [Untitled].Painting, acrylic on canvas, 80.5 x 80.5 cm.

>Wout Vercammen, Gebod Zero.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Canonisation of Vincent van Gogh. 01 April 1990 - 24 April 1990.

> Exhibition: ERCOLA 1968–2018. 15 September 2018 - 06 January 2019.

> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Geel – Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna. 15 September 2018 - 04 November 2018.

> Exhibition: INBOX: Wout Vercammen – A well-considered idea of an exhibition in 3 parts, 1950-1970. 11 December 2014 - 11 January 2015.

> Exhibition: INBOX: Wout Vercammen – A well-considered idea of an exhibition in 3 parts. Aflevering 2: Belgische werken en woordschilderijen. 15 January 2015 - 15 February 2015.

> Exhibition: INBOX: Wout Vercammen – A well-considered idea of an exhibition in 3 parts. Aflevering 3: Postdadaïstisch en ander werk dat niet past in Aflevering 2 tot heden. 19 February 2015 - 15 March 2015.

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> Exhibition: Jef Verhejen. .