Thierry De Cordier - NADA, Painter's notes

Between 1999 and 2024, Belgian artist Thierry De Cordier realised ten large-scale paintings as part of his 'NADA' series, which stemmed from an explicit intention to erase the crucifixion image. Almost monochromatic, the canvases can be interpreted as purely abstract or conceptual works. Over the years, in De Cordier's view, as the paintings became freed from the original act of negation which had prompted him to paint them, they gradually evolved towards the ultimate achievement in painting: the sublime. This booklet reproduces De Cordier's musings on the sacrilegious, abolition, reduction, and ultimate triumph over negation.