Coetzee, internationally acclaimed southafrican novelist and essayist. It recounts the story of intense memories, and describes the process of creation. Caroline lamarche is a frenchspeaking novelist and poet. Published by kunsthaus bregenzkunstraum dornbirn, 2016. The title is a remark, a hint, something that may initially feel contradictory to the work that is presented. Coetzee to curate the belgian pavilion cripplewood gets at the darker side of venice. Coetzee, the deputy curator philippe van cauteren and. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. May 24, 2016 published by kunsthaus bregenzkunstraum dornbirn, 2016. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Constructing surreal hybrid beings of macabre, curious beauty, she reinterprets some of the most emotive motifs. In this book i bring together sculptures of the past two years, wherein tree, man, metamorphoses are the subject. The accompanying text, by caroline lamarche, reads like a fairy tale about the life and work of a sculptor and her urge to create.
She has been making these since the 1990s, but there has not been a definitive monograph of her work until now. Elevee dans une institution catholique tres stricte, toute son oeuvre peutetre rapprochee dune iconographie chretienne. She is often inspired by the legacies of the european old masters and christian iconography, as well as mythology and cultural lore. 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. Her installations of equine and human bodies evoke feelings of love. Coetzee born 9 february 1940 is a south africanborn novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 nobel prize in literature. The sculptures and watercolors presented here were. In the woods there were chainsaws for this book, i did not choose the texts, they came by chance, closely interwoven with my work.
The viewers think of things like concentration camps, crucifixion. All too often, sculptural evocations of the flesh tend to collapse into kitsch. Mirjam devriendt is a professional photographer and teacher. She creates sculptures that reveal the human body and human life in all its frailty. 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. The book comes with the usual paeans by art curators, full of dead art. When i received the book the legend of saint julian the hospitaler from my youngest son andreas, i read it in one sitting. Image credits dirk pauwels disturbing and moving at the same time. That is why it has a particular appeal for writers of literature.