David Vanorbeek
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The art of Vanorbeek is no copy of what we see but rather a reduction
of facts to their essential form: a skeleton in iron and bronze wire,
without structural details but assembled into a totality by way of
association. The serial character adds a conceptual touch to his work,
especially prior to its being put outside. The "Back to nature" thought is also obvious in the use of the materials. Plain recycled steel wire, made flexible and processed into a three-dimensional pencil stroke. The work of Vanorbeek becomes a twiddle of lines with no end or beginning. It seems as if light and darkness, transparency and compactness contribute to the graphical aspect, as in writing. By constantly repeating the same style within the same theme, the artist slowly but surely creates his own world. Out of this, the observer extracts a childlike pleasure: the confrontation with a disproportional reality; a reality that enforces respect. Just for once, you cannot crush the ant or the spider under your feet. "Back to nature" is also a synonym for "respect for life". In this way, Vanorbeek is a classic artist, who departs from reality while also respecting it and who adds his own vision of the present. Thus the overall artistic feeling is inevitably inherent. |
