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Tool of the trade

Lonely Graves / Tombes Solitaires

Slavery

Unterwasserbuch Revisited

Feest – Ed van der Elsken (2020)

Mirror of Reality (2019)

Vingt fois sur le métier
《 Avant donc que d’écrire, apprenez à penser.
Ce que l’on conçoit bien s’énonce clairement,
Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.
Hâtez-vous lentement, et sans perdre courage,
Vingt fois sur le métier remettez votre ouvrage,
Polissez-le sans cesse, et le repolissez,
Ajoutez quelquefois, et souvent effacez. 》
“Before you write, first learn to think.
That which is well-conceived is expressed clearly,
And the words to say it flow with ease.
Make haste slowly, and without losing heart,
Twenty times replace your work upon the frame.
Polish it ceaselessly, and polish it again.
Add sometimes, and delete often.”
— Nicolas Boileau, L’Art poétique, 1674
Jan Henderikse – In Transit (2018)
A beautiful book on a unique Dutch avant-garde artist, contextualized with text by art historian Antoon Melissen: Jan Henderikse — In Transit, Antoon Melissen (Kerber Verlag, 2018)
Peggy & Nelly: Advocates of De Stijl (2017)
An interesting book about an unusual partnership between two out-of-the-ordinary women in the contemporary art world of the early to mid-twentieth century:
Peggy Guggenheim & Nelly van Doesburg: Advocates of De Stijl, Doris Wintgens, Taco Dibbits, Meta Knol (nai010 publishers, Rijksmuseum and Museum de Lakenhal, 2017)