Thierry De Cordier Biography

Thierry De Cordier is a philosopher, performer, sculptor, writer and poet. As a young artist, he lived a nomadic existence that caused him to reflect upon architecture as a model for social relations. For a long time, his garden was a substitute and a metaphor for the world. Later, he turned his back to the world to look at the sea. Thierry De Cordier is an existential artist who tries to understand the world through his own experience. His work is the result of a personal quest: a search for his own identity, his relationship to the world, and his role within society. His work, in which the infinitely small is reflected in the infinitely big, develops organically from his inner psyche. In the last few decades, Thierry De Cordier has dedicated himself to painting. Recurrent themes include mountains, seascapes and desolate landscapes that are partly inspired by the vast, black and white topographical paintings made in China during the 17th and 18th century, yet capture the essential qualities of the landscape and light of Northern Europe. The grey skies and ink black seas of his monochromatic paintings evoke melancholy, with the most dramatic scenes being those in which waves and mountainous cliffs fuse together to embody the forces of nature within a single primal image.

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A large room dedicated to De Cordier’s work formed part of the Venice Biennale 2013 and was on view in the exhibition The Encyclopedic Palace. Solo exhibitions include Landschappen at BOZAR, Brussels, 2012, and Drawings at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2004-2005. He was responsible for the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1997. His monumental public work De Kapel van het Niets, in the garden of the Sint-Norbertus psychiatric hospital in Duffel, Belgium, was inaugurated in 2007.

Thierry De Cordier was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium, in 1954. The artist currently lives in Ostend, Belgium.

Text courtesy Xavier Hufkens.

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GREY NADA (Nada gris) by Thierry De Cordier contemporary artwork painting, drawing
Thierry De Cordier GREY NADA (Nada gris), ...-2023 Graphite on old undated crucifixion painting on canvas mounted on a reinforced thin wooden plate
143.5 x 63.4 cm
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EGO STREAMER (Signature) by Thierry De Cordier contemporary artwork painting
Thierry De Cordier EGO STREAMER (Signature), 2011–2023 Oil on unstretched canvas
46 x 231.5 cm
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ÉCRITOIRE (Summer) by Thierry De Cordier contemporary artwork photography, drawing
Thierry De Cordier ÉCRITOIRE (Summer), 1991 Ink on photograph
29.8 x 20.6 cm
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SOUVENIR AN DEN JUNGFRAU (plaque commémorative) by Thierry De Cordier contemporary artwork painting
Thierry De Cordier SOUVENIR AN DEN JUNGFRAU (plaque commémorative), 1983–1990 Oil, enamel, varnish and pencil on metal plate with 4 perforations
100 x 100 cm
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Vesica Piscis (visio smaragdina) by Thierry De Cordier contemporary artwork painting
Thierry De Cordier Vesica Piscis (visio smaragdina), 2010 Acrylic on fiberboard
97 x 87.5 x 7 cm
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Grand Nada by Thierry De Cordier contemporary artwork painting
Thierry De Cordier Grand Nada, 2007-2012 Oil and enamel on canvas
320 x 205 cm
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MER MONTÉE by Thierry De Cordier contemporary artwork painting
Thierry De Cordier MER MONTÉE Oil paint, enamel and chinese ink on canvas
170 x 270 cm
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