With texts by Brigitte Kölle, John C. Welchman and Anna Dezeuze
Publisher: Hannibal
Language: English
Medium: Hardcover
Size: 19,3 x 13,4 cm
Pages: 80
26.70$
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This publication combines the works of Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg (1952-2009) and American artist Bruce Nauman (b. 1941). At first, it may seem startling to see Nauman’s small but dense selection of works alongside those by Vandenberg. The artists never met one another and they could not be more different in their choice of artistic media. And yet there’s something that links the oeuvre of these apparently divergent artists.
In this book, this extraordinary link is examined. The art of both Vandenberg and Nauman is direct, uncompromising and distressing. They share a common attitude towards their artistic practices. Their works are direct, raw, uncouth and finished just to the point where they enter the space as a kind of prelude or genesis to something.
The work of Vandenberg and Nauman originates form the same source: frustration. They cry out despair about the dark side of people, about hatred and violence, coldness and vilification, and about the impossibility of communication between people and of engaging them. Both artists succeed in creating images that capture the abyss within ourselves, our failings and our cruelty. Lust and pain, violence and horror are all too close to each other. ‘It is said that art is about life and death. That may be melodramatic, but it’s also true,’ Nauman said. Live or Die! Nothing more, nothing less.
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