{"id":79608,"date":"2026-06-15T17:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:10:34","slug":"hunting-collecting","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting & Collecting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hunting & Collecting<\/em><\/strong> offers an in-depth look into the poetic and conceptual world of Belgian artist Stief DeSmet, whose work explores the complex relationship between nature, culture, and human intervention. In his practice, DeSmet moves as “a collector” seamlessly between painting, sculpture, performance, and installation, creating visual narratives that oscillate between irony, nostalgia, and critical reflection.<\/p>\n

Through a series of striking works and thoughtful essays, Hunting & Collecting<\/em><\/strong> examines the artist’s ongoing dialogue with the natural world — not as an untouched ideal, but as a space shaped and reshaped by human desire and imagination. DeSmet’s art embodies the tension between the longing for a pure, utopian nature and the realities of contemporary, consumption-driven life.<\/p>\n

Richly illustrated and conceptually layered, this monograph offers a comprehensive insight into DeSmet’s oeuvre, tracing his evolution from the hunter and urban observer to rural storyteller. With contributions by curators and art critics, Hunting & Collecting<\/em><\/strong> captures an artist whose work stands as both a critique and a celebration of humankind’s enduring fascination with nature. Thoreau’s Walden is continuous inspiration for the artist. He even built a replica of Thoreau’s cabin in his artistic garden. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A visually rich monograph exploring Stief DeSmet’s poetic tension between nature, culture, and the human imagination.
(1) In conversation with Bruno V. Roels, (2) Birds, (3) Flowers & Leaves, (4) Branches & Trunks, (5) Carnivores, (6) Poems by Peter Terrin, (7) Deer, (8) Water, (9) Circles & Triangles, (10) ‘Hunting & Collecting’ by Sam Steverlynck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79609,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79608","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-bruno-v-roels","8":"author-by-author-peter-terrin","9":"author-by-author-sam-steverlynck","10":"author-by-author-stief-desmet","11":"publisher-hopperfuchs","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHunting & Collecting - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Hunting & Collecting, Pages: 176 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Aug 2026, Author: Bruno V. Roels, Peter Terrin, Sam Steverlynck, Stief DeSmet, ISBN: 9789464002638. A visually rich monograph exploring Stief DeSmet’s poetic tension between nature, culture, and the human imagination.(1) In conversation with Bruno V. Roels, (2) Birds, (3) Flowers & Leaves, (4) Branches & Trunks, (5) Carnivores, (6) Poems by Peter Terrin, (7) Deer, (8) Water, (9) Circles & Triangles, (10) 'Hunting & Collecting' by Sam Steverlynck\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hunting & Collecting - ACC Art Books UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Title: Hunting & Collecting, Pages: 176 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Aug 2026, Author: Bruno V. Roels, Peter Terrin, Sam Steverlynck, Stief DeSmet, ISBN: 9789464002638. A visually rich monograph exploring Stief DeSmet’s poetic tension between nature, culture, and the human imagination.(1) In conversation with Bruno V. Roels, (2) Birds, (3) Flowers & Leaves, (4) Branches & Trunks, (5) Carnivores, (6) Poems by Peter Terrin, (7) Deer, (8) Water, (9) Circles & Triangles, (10) 'Hunting & Collecting' by Sam Steverlynck\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ACC Art Books UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"763\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@accartbooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/\",\"name\":\"Hunting & Collecting - ACC Art Books UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-15T17:10:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Title: Hunting & Collecting, Pages: 176 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Aug 2026, Author: Bruno V. Roels, Peter Terrin, Sam Steverlynck, Stief DeSmet, ISBN: 9789464002638. A visually rich monograph exploring Stief DeSmet’s poetic tension between nature, culture, and the human imagination.(1) In conversation with Bruno V. Roels, (2) Birds, (3) Flowers & Leaves, (4) Branches & Trunks, (5) Carnivores, (6) Poems by Peter Terrin, (7) Deer, (8) Water, (9) Circles & Triangles, (10) 'Hunting & Collecting' by Sam Steverlynck\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":2685},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/books\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Hunting & Collecting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\",\"name\":\"ACC Art Books UK\",\"description\":\"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ACC Art Books UK\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png\",\"width\":64,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"ACC Art Books UK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/accartbooks\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hunting & Collecting - ACC Art Books UK","description":"Title: Hunting & Collecting, Pages: 176 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Aug 2026, Author: Bruno V. Roels, Peter Terrin, Sam Steverlynck, Stief DeSmet, ISBN: 9789464002638. A visually rich monograph exploring Stief DeSmet’s poetic tension between nature, culture, and the human imagination.(1) In conversation with Bruno V. Roels, (2) Birds, (3) Flowers & Leaves, (4) Branches & Trunks, (5) Carnivores, (6) Poems by Peter Terrin, (7) Deer, (8) Water, (9) Circles & Triangles, (10) 'Hunting & Collecting' by Sam Steverlynck","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hunting & Collecting - ACC Art Books UK","og_description":"Title: Hunting & Collecting, Pages: 176 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Aug 2026, Author: Bruno V. Roels, Peter Terrin, Sam Steverlynck, Stief DeSmet, ISBN: 9789464002638. A visually rich monograph exploring Stief DeSmet’s poetic tension between nature, culture, and the human imagination.(1) In conversation with Bruno V. Roels, (2) Birds, (3) Flowers & Leaves, (4) Branches & Trunks, (5) Carnivores, (6) Poems by Peter Terrin, (7) Deer, (8) Water, (9) Circles & Triangles, (10) 'Hunting & Collecting' by Sam Steverlynck","og_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/","og_site_name":"ACC Art Books UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg","width":763,"height":1024,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@accartbooks","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/","name":"Hunting & Collecting - ACC Art Books UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-15T17:10:34+00:00","description":"Title: Hunting & Collecting, Pages: 176 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Aug 2026, Author: Bruno V. Roels, Peter Terrin, Sam Steverlynck, Stief DeSmet, ISBN: 9789464002638. A visually rich monograph exploring Stief DeSmet’s poetic tension between nature, culture, and the human imagination.(1) In conversation with Bruno V. Roels, (2) Birds, (3) Flowers & Leaves, (4) Branches & Trunks, (5) Carnivores, (6) Poems by Peter Terrin, (7) Deer, (8) Water, (9) Circles & Triangles, (10) 'Hunting & Collecting' by Sam Steverlynck","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9789464002638-04-1.jpg","width":2000,"height":2685},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/hunting-collecting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hunting & Collecting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","name":"ACC Art Books UK","description":"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization","name":"ACC Art Books UK","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","width":64,"height":100,"caption":"ACC Art Books UK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/","https:\/\/x.com\/accartbooks"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/79608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=79608"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=79608"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=79608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}