Erik Thys
Portraits
ed. by Anthony Huberman, Scott Ponik, Robert Snowden ; text by Darian Leader
Portraits
ed. by Anthony Huberman, Scott Ponik, Robert Snowden ; text by Darian Leader
- Author(s)
- Darian Leader
- Editor(s)
- Anthony Huberman, Scott Ponik, Robert Snowden
- Publication
- Vilnius ; Riga : CAC, Contemporary Art Centre ; Contemporary Art Centre, 2016
- Scope
- 273 Pages, illustrated, 21,5 x 29 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789986957706
The reputation of Erik Thys (b. 1961) rests on his work as a psychiatrist, not as an artist. Thys lives in Brussels where he composes music, draws, and practices in two psychiatric hospitals. On the occasion of this book, Thys invited a colleague, the British psychoanalyst Darian Leader, to reflect on his infatuation with automobiles. The drawings in this book are a small, almost pitiful, portion of the number Erik Thys provided. They came to us on all types of office paper, prescription pads, and whatever else was at hand.
