Haus Wittgenstein
1987
Drawing, 240 x 138 cm.
Materials: charcoal on paper
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. BK6057_M117).
“Willy De Sauter reproduces the window true to size. Instead of depicting or interpreting it, his reproduction of the window is informed by his acute awareness of the two-dimensional nature of the graphic artwork, which shines through in the virginal white paper. Rather than a background, the paper becomes a formal element in the elaboration of these works.”
(Jan Foncé, 1989)
“The picture is a model of reality. A picture cannot depict its pictorial form, it displays it.”
(Wittgenstein, Tractatus, 2.12 and 2.172)
“In an effort to relativise all the isms, I unconsciously began to dissect all forms, stripping them down to their essence, to the line. To achieve this, I deliberately removed all the fluff, including colour.”
(Willy De Sauter, 1987)
