Mark Verstockt (1930–2014) - Compositie

Mark Verstockt (1930–2014)

Composition, 1974
69.5 × 49.8 cm
Edition IV/XXV
Edition: 10 Artists, 1974

This work by Mark Verstockt dates from 1974 and is part of the folder 10 Artists, a portfolio in which several prominent Belgian artists of the geometric and conceptual avant-garde are represented. The sheet is numbered IV/XXV and belongs to a limited edition of 25 copies.

The composition is exemplary of Verstockt's thorough investigation into the grid, serial repetition, and the mathematical structure as an artistic principle. The work is built from a tight modular grid of black and white squares, arranged in separate fields that together form a larger visual system. Through subtle shifts and variations within this scheme, an optical dynamic arises that actively engages the viewer in the reading process of the image.

Verstockt, closely linked to the constructive and concrete tradition in Belgium, developed from the 1960s a highly coherent body of work in which geometry, proportion and systematics are central. His work aligns with international tendencies within concrete art and minimal art, yet it also maintains a clearly personal rigor and lucidity.

This sheet is in good condition, with sharp contrasts between deep black and bright white. At the bottom, signed and numbered in pencil. A characteristic and collectible work from an important period within the oeuvre of Mark Verstockt and a representative example of Belgian geometric abstraction from the seventies.