Erik Thys
Portraits
ed. by Anthony Huberman, Scott Ponik, Robert Snowden ; text by Darian Leader

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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

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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.

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Person as subject

Erik Thys

Keywords

drawing

Location

Cabinet 11 - 6: Tekenen

Remarks