Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In this article, I would like to problematize the continuing friendship between the Belgian twentieth century art critic Jan Walravens and the visual artist Felix de Boeck, despite their growing differences in religious orientation. The conversion of this art critic brought about profound changes in the framework that he used to evaluate the artworks by De Boeck. By describing the conversion careers of two other critics writing about the art of De Boeck, I will try to show something of the role that these conversions played in their evaluation of his art. It will be argued that their conversion can shed a new light on the conceptual framework that these critics used to interpret religious art in the context of a secularist art world.
Source: Secular Studies
Author: David Veltman
Institution: University of Groningen
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409514220