Tout Droit vers la Fin en Sifflotant: Arpais du Bois; Selected Drawing, 2013-2016

A unique insight in the work of painter-drawer ARPAIS Du Bois Features a selection of ARPAIS Du Bois' most recent, complex drawings, displaying her particular perception of reality Limited edition of 1000 copies, numbered by the artist "Du Bois sees, thinks, feels, hears and lets the result of this flow onto paper." - Anne-Marie Poels Artist ARPAIS du bois (1973) makes drawings and paintings. She's had exhibitions in places such as Antwerp, Paris, Zurich and Prague. Since 2003, she's been a teacher at St Lucas School of Arts in Antwerp. Her work, situated in an atmosphere of dark lightness, has received worldwide consideration and appreciation. This book assembles three hundred drawings and constitutes an anthology of her daily drawing practice, that reflects upon her own intimate artistic universe. With text contributions of Lorand Hegyi, director of the Musee d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne and former director of the Ludwig Foundation Vienna, and of Damien Sausset, curator and artistic director of La Transpalette in Bourges. Text in English, French and Dutch"

ARPAIS du bois (°1973) is a Belgian draftsman-painter, who lives and works in Antwerp. She is represented by Gallery FIFTY ONE, Antwerp and has had several exhibitions of her work, in Belgium and abroad (Paris, Zurich, Prague). Typical works of hers are the journal-like drawings, which have a continuous dialogue with the perception of reality.