Publisher's Synopsis
Artist ARPAÏS du bois (1973) makes drawings and paintings. She's had exhibitions in places such as Antwerp, Paris, Zurich and Prague. Since 2003, she's been a teacher at St Lucas School of Arts in Antwerp. Her work, situated in an atmosphere of dark lightness, has received worldwide consideration and appreciation. This book assembles three hundred drawings and constitutes an anthology of her daily drawing practice, which reflects upon her own intimate artistic universe. With text contributions of Lòrànd Hegyi, director of the Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne and former director of the Ludwig Foundation Vienna, and of Damien Sausset, curator and artistic director of La Transpalette in Bourges. Text in English, French and Dutch.
