‘Armando’ — art which is focused on the phenomena of violence and evil
year of publication: 2007
size: 23 x 29 cm
volume: 136 pages
edition: 500 pieces
binding: softcover with flats
reproductions in colour
languages: Polish/English/German
graphic design and typesetting: Katarzyna Goczoł, Bartosz Skwarek
publisher: BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice
ISBN 978-83-88254-43-7
Contents:
Marek M. Złotoś ‘Preface’
Lucius Grisebach ‘Armando. A painter, a writer, and a sculptor...’
Armando ‘I’ll tell you something about my drawings...’
Armando ‘On beauty’
Isa Bickmann ‘Considerations on Blackness in Armando’s creation’
Armando's life and creation chronologically
Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions
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Armando — ‘art, inspired with his personal experiences of war’ Armando (born in 1929 in Amsterdam) is one of the greatest Dutch post-war artists. Apart from plastic arts (painting, drawing and sculpture) he cultivates...
Apart from visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture and film) Armando has cultivated literature and music. At the beginning of his creative life, his works were associated with the streams of informel art and the new figuration. At that time he founded the Netherlands Informal Group and exhibited with the Zero Group. In the mid-60s the Armando’s attitude has clearly escaped the simplified classifications, creating a separate and unique phenomenon on the artistic map of Europe. His art, inspired by his personal experience of war, is focused on the phenomena of violence and evil.
