Berlinde De Bruyckere - Openluchtmuseum Middelheim 1995

Catalogue of Berlinde De Bruyckere exhibition from May 7 to June 18 1995 at Openluchtmuseum Middelheim.
Berlinde De Bruyckere (Ghent, 1964; lives and works in Ghent) makes sculptures, installations and watercolours. Using wax, textiles, animal skins, hair, wood and metal, she explores motifs such as the human body, trees and flowers, blankets and horses. Her forms and materials are metaphorical, her vocabulary idiosyncratic but recognisable. Beneath the first - often attractive - layer is a great complexity full of ambiguities and contradictions. For the artist, this reflects the universal human experience, being human. Suffering, death, loneliness and fear go hand in hand with beauty, life, love and caring. De Bruyckere shows us what we feel and know, but do not always want to know and see. And it is precisely in this recognition of our shared fate as vulnerable human beings that a strong message of comfort and beauty is hidden.

48p - NL/FR/EN - 32x25cm - hardcover - very good condition