This publication combines the works of Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg (1952-2009) and American artist Bruce Nauman (b.
It accompanies an exhibition at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp: 30.03.2017 - 21.05.2017..
Welchman (Professor of Art History, University of California, San Diego) and Anna Dezeuze (Lecturer in Art History, Ecole Superieure d Art et de Design Marseille Mediterranee).
Brigitte Kolle (Head of Contemporary Art, Hamburger Kunsthalle), John C. "Live OR DIE! Nothing more, nothing less." The book is edited by Wouter Davidts, with texts by Dr.
That may be melodramatic, but it\'s also true," Nauman said. "It is said that art is about life and death.
Lust and pain, violence and horror are all too close to each other.
They explore the impossibility of genuine, uncompromised communication between individual people.
Both artists succeed in creating images that capture the abyss within ourselves, our failings and our cruelty.
They cry out in despair at the dark side of humanity, mourning our propensity for hatred and violence, coldness and vilification.
The work of Vandenberg and Nauman originates form the same source: frustration.
Their works are raw and uncouth, finished just to the point where they enter the onlooker\'s conscience as a kind of prelude or genesis to something.
They share a common attitude towards their artistic practices.
The art of both Vandenberg and Nauman is direct, uncompromising and distressing.
This publication examines that extraordinary link.
And yet there\'s something that links the oeuvre of these apparently divergent artists.
The artists never met one another and they could not be more different in their choice of artistic media.
At first, it may seem startling to see Nauman\'s small but dense selection of works alongside those by Vandenberg. 1941).
This publication combines the works of Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg (1952-2009) and American artist Bruce Nauman (b
