Chris Meulemans ‘Puzzling The Laughing Petals’ object “Does an artist work differently

“Does an artist work differently when the medium is drawing

For Swennen

heightened by interventions that continue to put pressure on the matter and ‘our’ mind

such as Jean Brusselmans and Gustave De Smet

twilight-bound – symptomatic of a moment when the city has nearly emptied itself

Chris Meulemans ‘Puzzling The Laughing Petals’ object “Does an artist work differentlyIn Chris Meulemans (b. 1967) drawings, we can discern all kinds of references or possible (pieces of) representations. But they present themselves just as much as concrete things or constructions, never concealing the way they were made. () In her daily artistic practice (in which she makes paintings as well as drawings), she collects pieces of paper, which she organizes and keeps in boxes, sorted by colour, paper type, atmosphere, and so on. This is