Benoît - Bravo! Bravo! [+ Gesigneerde en genummerde ets] 5/75 - 2000

One of the 75 luxury copies with the included signed and numbered etching, in a black case. No. 5/75.

The recently all-too-early deceased graphic designer Benoît van Innis (1960-2024) gained worldwide fame for his illustrations and covers for The New Yorker and for his wall ornaments in the disastrous Brussels-Maelbeek metro station (which the artist rebuilt after the attacks and filled with symbols of peace).

Some quotes from a review by Mark Schaevers:

Abstract, stripped-down, minimalist. Those kinds of words could accompany Benoît’s new album in a review. But there is nothing: cover, back, entrance, exit—everything bathes in white, just as the entire album aims for sobriety. Scattered are a few color prints, with a beautiful color palette, but more as a counterpoint: this album shows what powerful stuff it can be, a few delicate black lines on a large white sheet of paper.

Anyone who flips through Benoît's albums is struck by the continuity, the artist's own stamp. At the same time, he has come a long way, from illustrated one-liners to poetry entirely resolved into lines. Here you can continue to follow his intriguing journey.