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1940 Antwerp - 2019. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Panamarenko, pseudonym of Henri Van Herwegen, was born in 1940 in Antwerp. He is a prominent poetic assemblagist and inventor. Opening out approaches to the visual arts, since the 1960s he has... Read full biography
Panamarenko, pseudonym of Henri Van Herwegen, was born in 1940 in Antwerp. He is a prominent poetic assemblagist and inventor. Opening out approaches to the visual arts, since the 1960s he has developed his own unique vision. His work takes many forms: aeroplanes, flying carpets, cars, flying... Read full biography
Panamarenko, pseudonym of Henri Van Herwegen, was born in 1940 in Antwerp. He is a prominent poetic assemblagist and inventor. Opening out approaches to the visual arts, since the 1960s he has developed his own unique vision. His work takes many forms: aeroplanes, flying carpets, cars, flying saucers, submarines, etc. The devices themselves are profoundly material, composed of tape, wood, plastic, glue, string, rubber bands, copper, etc. They are also illusionary in their alluding to birds,... Read full biography
Panamarenko, pseudonym of Henri Van Herwegen, was born in 1940 in Antwerp. He is a prominent poetic assemblagist and inventor. Opening out approaches to the visual arts, since the 1960s he has developed his own unique vision. His work takes many forms: aeroplanes, flying carpets, cars, flying saucers, submarines, etc. The devices themselves are profoundly material, composed of tape, wood, plastic, glue, string, rubber bands, copper, etc. They are also illusionary in their alluding to birds, insects, and fish, and in the expectation that they will actually work, which they do theoretically, and at times in practice. Like his friend Joseph Beuys, Panamarenko believes that there is a greater function for art beyond the museum. Panamarenko's... Read full biography
Panamarenko, pseudonym of Henri Van Herwegen, was born in 1940 in Antwerp. He is a prominent poetic assemblagist and inventor. Opening out approaches to the visual arts, since the 1960s he has developed his own unique vision. His work takes many forms: aeroplanes, flying carpets, cars, flying saucers, submarines, etc. The devices themselves are profoundly material, composed of tape, wood, plastic, glue, string, rubber bands, copper, etc. They are also illusionary in their alluding to birds, insects, and fish, and in the expectation that they will actually work, which they do theoretically, and at times in practice. Like his friend Joseph Beuys, Panamarenko believes that there is a greater function for art beyond the museum. Panamarenko's work can be found in all major museums in Belgium. In 2002 he donated his parental home in Antwerp t... Read full biography
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- •Collage and/or Decoupage