For nearly two decades, Rein Dufait has been making things—material objects that exist in the world as works of art or artist ­publications, following a process (sometimes lengthy, sometimes brief) that involves combinations of, amongst other things, sculpting, filling, stacking, building, cutting, tearing, tying, painting, rubbing, ­flattening, welding, cutting, sticking, gluing, composing, sketching, colouring, and digging. The materials used include cardboard, sand, wood, plastic, plexiglass, acrylic resin, paper, paint, and oil pastel.

In de verte – de lucht [In the Distance—the Sky] shows works created between 2018 and 2025, and can be seen as a follow-up to Things & Air from 2018. Rein Dufait’s oeuvre is presented from different angles (reproductions, exhibition views, and artist publications).

The book will be released to coincide with the opening of the exhibition Rein Dufait – yonder the things, the days and the clouds at Be-Part Waregem, running from 20 September to 30 November 2025.