Jef Verheyen

The Belgian ZERO artist Jef Verheyen (1932-1984) became known as the painter of light streams and colour spectra. He experimented not only with light, but also with movement and the invisible as means to evoke natural mechanisms and to reveal universal interrelationships between human beings and the surrounding world. He used geometric principles – his passion for geometry was born out of his interest in mathematics and (Greek) philosophy – as the basis for harmony. Verheyen never gave up on traditional media and materials such as the canvas, paint, and brushes to search for the essence of our nature.

Jef Verheyen

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761 AB=BC (ed. 500), 1970

Multiple , 30 x 30 cm (holder), 10 x 10 cm (box), 10 x 10 cm (colour chart)

Cardboard and coloured paper

This multiple is presented as one paper holder consisting four separate boxes, each containing four fluorescent colour charts (yellow, green, pink and blue).

An shape is cut out in the cardboard box, rendering the colour charts visible.

The multiple invites us to play with the possibilities of different shapes and colour variations, a recurring principle in Verheyen's Arc-en-Ciel ('Sunbow') series.

The package consists of cardboard and a fluorescent pink wrapper with a crossed circle. Below is mentioned 'Multiple AB=BC/Jef Verheyen/Multi-Art Press'

Each edition is signed and numbered

Editor: Multi-Art Press, Antwerp, 1970.
The multiple was launched and sold at the Multi-Art Gallery & Bookshop at the original sales price of 1200 Fr. (+- 30 euros).
It was published in Mulit Art News 3 / Annual report 71/72.

References

Jef Verheyen - Met Boog en Pijl in de Vlakte / Frank Heirman. - Borgerhout : S&S Galerie, 2013. - niet-genummerd van 56 niet-genummerde exemplaren. - : ill. ; 24 x 16.4 cm

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