Atelier van Lieshout
06 Nov - 23 Dec 2010
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT
Cradle To Cradle
06.11.10 - 23.12.10
Joep van Lieshout lives and works in Rotterdam. Since the early eighties he produces objects in mainly bright coloured polyester, the material that would become his trademark in subsequent years. In 1995 he founded Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL), undermining the myth of the individual artistic genius. Atelier Van Lieshout has attained international recognition for objects that balance on the boundary between art, architecture and design. These works of art are practical, uncomplicated and substantial. Recurring themes in the work of AVL are autarky, power, politics and the more classical themes of life and death.
Cradle to Cradle, a mixed media installation is a self-sufficient system to recycle humans. These sculptures show the inside interior of SlaveCity at the entrance of the Welcoming Center. This ecological design shows the production system that emulates natures model to recycle. Old, cripple, sick and bad tasting people will be recycled in the biogas digester. Healthy, not so clever people will be recycled in the meat processing factory. Young and very healthy people will be able to take part in the organ transplant program.
Cradle To Cradle
06.11.10 - 23.12.10
Joep van Lieshout lives and works in Rotterdam. Since the early eighties he produces objects in mainly bright coloured polyester, the material that would become his trademark in subsequent years. In 1995 he founded Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL), undermining the myth of the individual artistic genius. Atelier Van Lieshout has attained international recognition for objects that balance on the boundary between art, architecture and design. These works of art are practical, uncomplicated and substantial. Recurring themes in the work of AVL are autarky, power, politics and the more classical themes of life and death.
Cradle to Cradle, a mixed media installation is a self-sufficient system to recycle humans. These sculptures show the inside interior of SlaveCity at the entrance of the Welcoming Center. This ecological design shows the production system that emulates natures model to recycle. Old, cripple, sick and bad tasting people will be recycled in the biogas digester. Healthy, not so clever people will be recycled in the meat processing factory. Young and very healthy people will be able to take part in the organ transplant program.