Joris Van de Moortel - A Dubious Pilgrimage -

A Dubous Pilgrimage is the first monograph to be published on the work of Belgian artist Joris Van De Moortel.

Joris Van de Moortel is aware of the tension and subliminal power of destruction, of smashing up a guitar, of imploding definitions and expectations. God may save the Queen, but the artist saves neither. The artist suffuses the viewer’s gaze with discomfort. In times when rituals are being replaced by indifference, the artist orchestrates new rituals in the form of condensed actions imbued with meaning. ‘A sacrament is valid if the proper form, substance and intention are present in its operation.’ These words were written by Joris Van de Moortel himself on the back of the vinyl record ‘A Sunday Mess, Les sept sacrement par Joris Van de Moortel’. Joris Van de Moortel does things, finishes things, leads the experiment like a scientist in a laboratory. Extra from a text by Philippe Van Cauteren, 2019

Joris Van De Moortel is represented by Galerie Nathalie Obadia. He graduated from the Künstelerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (Germany) in 2013 and from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts (HISK) in Ghent (Belgium) in 2009. Joris Van de Moortel is one of the most noticed artists of the Belgian contemporary art scene.

Editing and sequencing: Joris Van De Moortel & Bruno Devos
244 pages
24 x 30 cm
English, French
Publication date: January 2020
ISBN: 9789464002010