Berlinde De Bruyckere (Mercatorfonds)
- 5 years ago
https://nanggorte.blogspot.com/?book=0300204450
Belgian artist Berlinde de Bruyckere (b. 1964) is a star of the contemporary art world whose innovative practice focuses on sculpture. This publication, the first-ever monograph on de Bruyckere, offers a definitive and comprehensive look at the scope of her work over more than twenty years. The book includes de Bruyckere s first sculptures from the 1990s, mainly meditations on the human body in wax and wool, as well as her later sculptures with horses that earned her international acclaim. De Bruyckere s works, showcased in over two hundred rich illustrations, are rife with astonishing contradictions--they are simultaneously inviting and discomforting, embodied and abstract. A deep meditation on the universal issues of bodily fragility and pain, her work also conveys a rich cultural memory in visual form, as shown by one of the standout wax pieces in the monograph, her monumental Kreupelhout -- Cripplewood made for the Belgian pavilion at the Venice Biennale 55th International Art Exhibition, which exudes the vulnerability of the fallen, the humanity of a pieta. This book is an essential resource on an artist whose works are a provocative and influential addition to the contemporary art canon.
Belgian artist Berlinde de Bruyckere (b. 1964) is a star of the contemporary art world whose innovative practice focuses on sculpture. This publication, the first-ever monograph on de Bruyckere, offers a definitive and comprehensive look at the scope of her work over more than twenty years. The book includes de Bruyckere s first sculptures from the 1990s, mainly meditations on the human body in wax and wool, as well as her later sculptures with horses that earned her international acclaim. De Bruyckere s works, showcased in over two hundred rich illustrations, are rife with astonishing contradictions--they are simultaneously inviting and discomforting, embodied and abstract. A deep meditation on the universal issues of bodily fragility and pain, her work also conveys a rich cultural memory in visual form, as shown by one of the standout wax pieces in the monograph, her monumental Kreupelhout -- Cripplewood made for the Belgian pavilion at the Venice Biennale 55th International Art Exhibition, which exudes the vulnerability of the fallen, the humanity of a pieta. This book is an essential resource on an artist whose works are a provocative and influential addition to the contemporary art canon.