Carole Vanderlinden: Bad Manners (S.M.A.K.)
Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Ann Hoste, Ory Dessau, Hans den Hartog Jager, Joëlle Léandre
S.M.A.K. & Zolo Press, 2026
€45,00
Edition of 800 copies.
This first monograph on Belgian artist Carole Vanderlinden (b. 1973) covers over a decade of the artist’s practice. It gathers close to 200 paintings and works on paper, alongside texts by Belgian novelist Jean-Philippe Toussaint, essays by curators Ann Hoste, Ory Dessau, and Hans den Hartog Jager, as well as a conversation between musician and composer Joëlle Léandre and Vanderlinden.
Carole Vanderlinden has been developing a highly improvisational, rich artistic practice since the mid-1990s. While her work is primarily focused on painting (often using thick, hand-mixed oil paints), it regularly encompasses drawing, watercolor, collage, and small objects. Vanderlinden’s practice is famously unhampered by the constraints of a single style. Her work nimbly blurs the line between figuration and abstraction, reacting intuitively to the rhythm, color, and possibilities of her medium rather than adhering to a single signature aesthetic.
ISBN: 9798993577036
