photo stefan beyst






Stefan Beyst (°1945) is a Belgium based retired lecturer in the philosophy of art and modern art history.



Many of his often controversial texts on art and modern artists are to be read on his website.



From 2006 onwards, in an outburst of long-suppressed creativity,
he has embarked on a new adventure: photography.

In every series, he is out at developing a new approach or a new thematic,
and at setting new standards for image-making.



In 'Sans tête(s)' he explores the realm of double images
in a series of 16 'polymorphic metamorphoses' of a body in decay.

In a rather dark and ominous series 'Auguries of Innocence'
he ventures into the domain of the 'mass-scape'.

In 'Seize obscurs objets de désir', he enters a new territory:
conjuring up desirable and desiring beings from meaningless 'found patterns'.

In 'Heptatych' he tries to combine rigid composition with deep emotional resonance.

In 'Unheimliches' he tackles the problem of the composite photo.




His approach testifies to a radical rejection of the concept of photography as a document,
as if it was meant to illustrate Paul Klee's saying :

'Art does not reproduce the visible, it makes visible'.







stefan beyst, beisstraat 6, 3730 alt-hoeselt belgium     e-mail: beyst.stefan@gmail.com