Abject deformation is turned into beauty as if the artist is trying to wrestle a shape from abstract form. Mar 04, 20 he is also closely involved in compiling the exhibition catalogue. Her career has spanned many years and she is now an internationally acclaimed artist, exhibiting widely around the world including at the venice biennale. The vulnerability and fragility of man, the suffering body both human and animal and the overwhelming power of. In the flesh by katrin trantow 201031 by katrin trantow. The sculptures and watercolors presented here were created between 2001 and 20. Their collaboration in venice is a logical extension of this previous successful project. That is why it has a particular appeal for writers of literature.
Coetzee, internationally acclaimed southafrican novelist and essayist. Coetzee to curate the belgian pavilion cripplewood gets at the darker side of venice. My talk will focus on their collaboration entitled, we are all flesh, and the questions they raise about creaturely memory, forgetting and healing, evoked through their. When i received the book the legend of saint julian the hospitaler from my youngest son andreas, i read it in one sitting. See more ideas about installation art, sculpture and contemporary art. Metamorphoses consists of a 15book catalogue retelling almost. When i was working with the image of saint sebastian because of his relationship with the history of venice i found that i had huge respect for him. Coetzee 15 werkwinkel 101 2015 papers of co etz e es v a st b o dy of wo rk s, n ei t he r li te r ar y cr iti cs n or ex per t s i n v i s ua.
Les tetes ne linteressent pas, cest pourquoi elle les cache derriere des couvertures, des crinieres ou sculpte tout simplement des etres decapites. We are all flesh will include the rarely seen and iconic work 019 and two. Mar 24, 2015 the belgian artist currently representing her country at the venice biennale makes the type of work you dont have to explain to friends who dont know much about art. Born in ghent, belgium, 1964 lives and works in ghent, belgium i dont need human bodies to talk about humanity. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Katrin bucher trantow the body as evidence of our existenceas a witness to ourselvesis a shell to all that moves us. The art historian barbara baert writes in the book accompanying the exhibition. In the flesh the monthly we will survive this crisis, but we need the support of readers. All too often, sculptural evocations of the flesh tend to collapse into kitsch. In 2012 they published the book allen vlees all flesh, which combined her images with his writings.
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