Daniël Dewaele (b. 1950, Knokke, BE) lives and works in Bruges. His practice covers installations, performances, video and photography. The search for the meaning, value and social relevance of art is a constant theme in his work. In the 1970s, he began a series of works that use the word ‘art’ as though it was an institution that needed to defend its viewpoint. Words and languages fascinate him, especially abstract word pictures in an indecipherable language that can only be appreciated aesthetically.
