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Wiels, Brussels
Book presentation: Tapta: Espaces souples.
Lectures & artist talks
With Greet Billet, Hana Miletić and Richard Venlet
This publication originates from the exhibition Tapta: Espaces souples. With Greet Billet, Hana Miletić and Richard Venlet at WIELS, Brussels (2023). Through photographic views, the reader is invited to visually (re)visit the exhibition and (re)discover the “supple sculptures” by the Polish Belgian artist Tapta (1926–1997) and new works by Greet Billet, Hana Miletić, and Richard Venlet, which were inspired by Tapta’s practice and made specifically, or adapted, for the exhibition.
About Tapta
In the 1960s and 1970s, Tapta belonged a new generation of artists who sought to rethink sculpture by introducing textiles and other flexible materials as sculptural elements. In doing so, she helped to take textile art beyond the categories of ornament and craft. This exhibition book focuses on Tapta’s attention to the tactility of her materials, the suppleness of structures, individual and collective practice, and the interaction between artwork, space, and viewer.
About the publication & authors
- Edited by Liesbeth Decan
- Texts by Greet Billet, Liesbeth Decan, Hana Miletić, Sophie Rocca, Dirk Snauwaert, and Richard Venlet
- Photographs by Lola Pertsowsky
- Book design by Sophie Keij, Atelier Brenda
- Published by WIELS and MOUSSE Publishing
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Organisation
Supported by LUCA School of Arts, LUCA Breakout, Maurice Verbaet, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, WIELS
About LUCA.breakout
This project was realized with support from the #LUCAbreakout fund. LUCA School of Arts pools resources to support students, researchers, teachers and employees willing to put LUCA on the map. A central budget provides low-threshold support for well-defined initiatives.
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