Levi van Veluw - Origin of the beginning

by Gijsbert van der Wal, Levi van Veluw

Origin of the Beginning offers an overview of all photographs, drawings, installations, sculptures and videos produced by Dutch artist Levi van Veluw from 2006 till 2013. This very extraordinary book is an artwork in itself. Besides beautiful artwork reproductions and three interviews with the artist by Gijsbert van der Wal, the publication contains a special handmade wooden block, which has been placed inside a cut out square hole that perforates the book. Visible from the front cover throughout the whole publication, this wooden element refers to a number of van Veluw’s art works and can be considered an essential base element by which his work is built up.
This large format book is made from dark brown fibred cardboard with embossed characters printed on high quality 150 g/m² paper and includes specially fold-up pages.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2013

About the author

Gijsbert van der Wal (Neerijnen, 1977) studeerde kunstgeschiedenis aan de universiteit in Utrecht. Hij maakte zestien jaar kunstenaarsinterviews voor de VPRO-radioprogramma's De Avonden en Nooit Meer Slapen en schrijft sinds 2004 over beeldende kunst voor NRC Handelsblad. In de afgelopen jaren maakte hij onder meer vier tentoonstellingen (met catalogus) voor de Fondation Custodia in Parijs en werkte hij mee aan zes theatervoorstellingen van cabaretier Micha Wertheim.