René Daniels (Eindhoven, °1950) was, in the late 1970s and 1980s, arguably the most innovative and revolutionary painter in Europe (and beyond) of his generation. During that period, Daniels exhibited in all major European museums and art institutions (with the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven serving as a central hub). In 1987, however, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage that effectively removed him from the art scene. Since 2006, Daniels has resumed drawing and painting, seemingly from within a physical limitation. Yet Ulrich Loock does not entirely agree with this interpretation. As curator of the exhibition currently on view at Resethome in Gotem—part of Borgloon in the Belgian province of Limburg—he argues instead for a single, continuous narrative. More on this follows.

Marc Ruyters
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