Philippe Van Snick is part of M HKA On the spot, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp (BE)

Together, more than 30 Antwerp art galleries, art spaces and Muhka show what connects them. From 14 May to 30 June 2026, works from the Muhka collection will be on view in galleries and art spaces across the city. Together, we underline the importance of this unique collection: as the heart of the museum, a driver for the arts field and a major asset for Antwerp. Also on view during Antwerp Art Weekend.

 

Philippe Van Snick’s 10 Days – 10 Nights (1985) consists of a series of twenty canvases mounted on cardboard. The work represents an early example of how the artist brings together certain fundamental principles in his practice, thereby occupying a key position within his oeuvre. Drawing on the decimal system (0–9), Van Snick creates ten pairs of paintings in this work. Each pair combines a light blue and a black area, referring respectively to day and night. Around these areas, he applies a border in one of the ten colours from his characteristic colour palette: the primary colours red, yellow and blue; the secondary colours orange, green and violet; the non-colours white and black; and the metallic colours gold and silver. Throughout his practice, Philippe Van Snick shows how setting a small number of constraints can give rise to endless variation.