who dwells in the dark - Monique Becker
“Who dwells in the dark?”: On the work of Luxembourgish artist Monique Becker - featuring photographs by Tom Jungbluth and texts by Céline Coubray, Paul de Felice and Lou Philipps. Design and layout Céline Wengler.
The book is limited and available at Creutz (&) Friends. Over 300 pages and more than 150 photos capture the intense process, during which Monique Becker created her recent works.
.A selection of the monumental paintings themselves are also currently to be seen on the Creutz (&) Friends site.
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About the artist 🎨
Monique Becker (from Luxembourg) offers a superposition of colours and successive layers of paint in her work. Colour is not understood as a hue but as a substance - spillable, splashable and smearable. Her works are deeply connected to the self, determined by her personality. She is not restricted to a revival of informal painting but develops an action painting, with an open development towards the future.
Monique Becker’s recent work emerged from an intense experience, during which she pushed her paintings to a new scale. Over a period of 18 months, she developed a series of monumental works - reflecting a profound dialogue between movement and material.
The current exhibition at Creutz (&) Friends presents selected pieces from this transformative period. It demonstrates her evolving approach to abstraction and spatial engagement.
