Description
Sarah Joy Swarts, “Jardin Coulés” (2017)
The publication covers Sarah’s artist residency at FLACC Workplace for Visual Artists in Genk (2016-2017).
The project Jardins Coulés focused on the artist’s grandfather, who dreamed of being a tropical botanist. When he failed to become one, he was sent to the Dutch colonies for military service. Afterwards he accepted a job offer in the Limburg mines. The fact that coal, the main produce of these mines, is the remnant of prehistorical tropical plants – and that her grandfather was indirectly working as a ’tropical botanist’ after all, was the starting point for the project. It resulted in numerous small and large paintings.
The publication reads like a diary of the artistic process.
Text written by art historian and curator Stef Van Bellingen. In collaboration with FLACC Genk. Graphic design by Atelier Petit.
Edition
500
Pages
64
Format
20 x 26 cm, softcover
Price
25 euros (excl. shipping costs)
On buying it, you will support the work of an emerging artist.
