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Title: Berlinde De Bruyckere: Angel’s Throat
Condition: New
EAN: 9780300257724
ISBN: 9780300257724
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
Release Date: 28/09/2021
Item Height: 241mm
Item Length: 171mm
Author: Erwin Mortier, Zbigniew Herbert, Stijn Huijts
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300257724
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Arts & Photography
Release Year: 2021
Description: A comprehensive overview of renowned Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s work since 2014, inspired by the figure of the angel

Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere has long been a leading light in the international contemporary art world whose sculptures, installations and drawings endeavor to find the meaning of humanity, physicality, suffering and vitality.

Conceived in the loneliness and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book explores De Bruyckere’s recent, never-before-seen work inspired by the figure of the angel as portrayed in myths, stories, literature and art history. According to De Bruyckere, an angel—with its warm, dark wings—provides protection, a refuge from fear. The angel guards against a lonely existence and, even more importantly, against a lonely death. It symbolizes the fragile line De Bruyckere treads between artistic poeticism and engagement with current affairs.
 
This volume will serve as an essential resource on an artist whose works constitute a provocative and influential addition to the contemporary art canon.

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