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Xavier Hufkens is delighted to present an exhibition of recent work by Belgian artist Walter Swennen (b. 1946).
In his fourth exhibition with the gallery, Swennen continues his playful and experiential journey into the world of language and meaning, appropriation, colour, texture and form. Moving between abstraction and representation, and occasionally executed on found supports, the works explore both the poetic and material aspects of painting.
Swennen takes seemingly random elements — logos, lettering, found images, words and phrases — and transforms them into visually arresting works that …