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// Loss - Landscape by Hans Op de Beeck is a limited edition lithograph created in 2004, capturing a haunting, desolate scene of a devastated landscape. The monochromatic composition, with its stark contrast between the barren trees and the bleak sky, evokes a profound sense of emptiness and sorrow. Reflective pools of water on the ground mirror the skeletal remains of trees, creating an eerie symmetry that enhances the scene's somber mood. Op de Beeck’s work often explores themes of loss, memory, and transience, as seen in this piece. With an edition size of 100, this lithograph stands as a compelling meditation on the aftermath of destruction and the resilience of nature in the face of devastation.

Hans Op de Beeck (Belgium, 1969) is a multidisciplinary artist whose immersive installations, sculptures, and videos explore themes of time, memory, and the human condition. Known for his monochromatic works and poetic atmospheres, Op de Beeck creates contemplative spaces that invite viewers to reflect on life’s transient nature.

Hans Op de Beeck

Loss - Landscape, 2004

Name: Loss - Landscape, 2004
SKU: 1245

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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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lithograph

lithographLithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

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Edition of 100pc

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Another element that strongly refers to painting is the “tableau vivant”: a living painting in which neither the view nor the picture frame changes.
- Hans Op de Beeck

Renowned for his multi-faceted approach to his art, Hans Op De Beeck is a visual artist whose work encompasses the disciplines of sculpture, installation art, photography and painting among others. Op De Beeck creates evocative works that can appear simultaneously serene yet saddening; A House By The Sea succinctly exemplifies this in depicting an eerily monochrome model house, situated in a gallery surrounded by pastoral landscapes – the artist himself has stated that he creates with ‘the old idea of catharsis: the tragic and the problematic, yet at the same time comforting quality of the image’. Op De Beeck uses a number of everyday materials throughout his work, including cotton wool; plaster, cardboard and even sugar – the use of such materials and their fragility and malleability highlights the themes of space and time that Op De Beeck is so fascinated by. (Artist website)

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Hans Op de Beeck

Loss - Landscape, 2004

33 x 48 cm

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