Koen Broucke, Joseph Roth, oil on canvas, 2022
THE WORKSPACE OF THE ARTIST KOEN BROUCKE
'Using shapes and forms that often light up in darkness, Broucke evokes in my view the two extremes between which our existence unfolds. Our journey through life is analogous to the fictional journey through painting and the painting itself is an attempt to extract light from darkness.'
Nico Out, Ode to the miracle that paint can evoke something, 2012
'Koen Broucke, artist and historian, is a trained tracker and collector of old light.'
Geert Van der Speeten, De Standaard, 2019
‘(...) this butterfly dust that remains on your fingers when you try to catch one to observe it closely, this dust that Koen Broucke chose as an image of these continuous metamorphoses, of a journey through time, between life and nothingness, and of the traces that always remain engraved somewhere.’
Antonio Domenech, 2022
‘Koen, my distant friend, if I could paint I would like to paint like you: movingly beautiful and undeniably contemporary. Instead, I settle for a bit of writing.’
Benno Barnard, 2020
Nico Out, Ode to the miracle that paint can evoke something, 2012
'Koen Broucke, artist and historian, is a trained tracker and collector of old light.'
Geert Van der Speeten, De Standaard, 2019
‘(...) this butterfly dust that remains on your fingers when you try to catch one to observe it closely, this dust that Koen Broucke chose as an image of these continuous metamorphoses, of a journey through time, between life and nothingness, and of the traces that always remain engraved somewhere.’
Antonio Domenech, 2022
‘Koen, my distant friend, if I could paint I would like to paint like you: movingly beautiful and undeniably contemporary. Instead, I settle for a bit of writing.’
Benno Barnard, 2020
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