Hans Theys ist Philosoph und Kunsthistoriker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er schrieb und gestaltete fünzig Bücher über zeitgenössische Kunst und veröffentlichte zahlreiche Aufsätze, Interviews und Rezensionen in Büchern, Katalogen und Zeitschriften. 

Diese Plattform wurde von Evi Bert (M HKA : Centrum Kunstarchieven Vlaanderen) in Zusammenarbeit mit der Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerpen (Forschungsgruppe ArchiVolt), M HKA, Antwerpen und Koen Van der Auwera entwickelt. Vielen Dank an Fuchs von Neustadt, Idris Sevenans (HOR) und Marc Ruyters (Hart Magazine).

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Victoria Parvanova - 2019 - Things are subtle here [EN, essay]
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Hans Theys

 

 

Things are subtle here

About Victoria Parvanova’s work

 

Two things I would like to mention, before speaking about Victoria Parvanova’s art.

First, we must acknowledge that the laws of natural evolution – this ruthless but wonderful slot machine blindly but surely leading to more economy, more efficiency and more beauty – clearly teach us why women have always been smaller and frailer than men: because they didn’t have to be bigger and stronger to survive. (Because they are smarter, that is.)

Second, this explains why men feel the constant need to make grotesque jokes and laugh loudly.

Things are subtle here. Close examination is required. And then – in colours, brushstrokes, texture and subject matter – we discover the nearly invisible humour and an intelligence of the finest nature.

 

Montagne de Miel, 26 September 2019