who dwells in the dark - Monique Becker
Book release
“Who dwells in the dark?”: On the work of Luxembourgish artist Monique Becker - featuring photographs by Tom Jungbluth and texts by Céline Coubray, Paul de Felice and Lou Philipps. Design and layout Céline Wengler.
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The book is limited and available at Creutz (&) Friends. Over 300 pages and more than 150 photos capture the intense process, during which Monique Becker created her recent works.
A selection of the monumental paintings themselves are also currently to be seen on the Creutz (&) Friends site.
About the artist
Monique Becker (from Luxembourg) offers a superposition of colours and successive layers of paint in her work. Colour is not understood as a hue but as a substance - spillable, splashable and smearable. Her works are deeply connected to the self, determined by her personality. She is not restricted to a revival of informal painting but develops an action painting, with an open development towards the future.
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Monique Becker’s recent work emerged from an intense experience, during which she pushed her paintings to a new scale. Over a period of 18 months, she developed a series of monumental works - reflecting a profound dialogue between movement and material.
The current exhibition at Creutz (&) Friends presents selected pieces from this transformative period. It demonstrates her evolving approach to abstraction and spatial engagement.
