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ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUTTHE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | EMBRACE Embrace is an organically shaped sculpture, that doubles as a lamp. The work shows three figures embracing, enveloping, merging and becoming one form. A tribal totem for worship that is also an element of van Lieshout’s New Tribal Labyrinth series.
2015
BRONZE
H218 L78 W75 CM / H85.8 L30.7 W29.5 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 5 + 2 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | VENUS LAMP SMALL “Fertility. The first sculptures ever were of fertility sculptures. This one has three legs so I guess that it has a penis. From a biological point, if you bring back what is the goal of the human as a species is to keep on living, eating, and reproduce. Theoretically you can die after you reproduce.” Joep Van Lieshout
2017
BRONZE, LIGHT FITTINGS
H37 L15 W16.5 CM / H14.6 L5.9 W6.5 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 20 + 2 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | DEER LAMP Deer Lamp refers to the origin of human beings, humankind’s earliest art works found in cave paintings which celebrated hunting, surviving, eating, and atavistic worship of nature. Inspired by pictures of animals that survived the millenia, this belongs to The New Tribal Labyrinth, a body of work about returning back to the future and finding new rituals and solutions for the future while honouring our humble beginnings.
2017
BRONZE, LIGHT FITTINGS
H62 L45 W24 CM / H24.4 L17.7 W9.4 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | TOGETHER LAMP “This is the most essential way of drawing a figure related to the first human expressions.” Joep Van Lieshout
2017
BRONZE, LIGHT FITTINGS
H106 L43 W29 CM / H41.7 L16.9 W11.4 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | MINIMAL KISS LAMP “This kiss is our primitive needs in a cubist style. It is made from Corten steel which will rust on the surface in contrast with normal steel which will disappear over the years. You can leave this kiss outside for hundreds of years.” Joep Van Lieshout
2017
CORTEN STEEL
H62 L31 W23 CM / H24 L12.2 W9 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | HANGING ATOMIC LAMP A sculpture of a diagram of the nutritional diet in JVL’s project Slave City. ”It’s about finding balance between volumes and masses between sculpture space.”
2013
ROLLED STEEL, LIGHT FITTING
H60 L180 W115 CM / H23.6 L70.8 W45.3 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | LAMP MADE BY THE HAMMER This lamp was made with AVL’s Giant Drop Hammer smashing a propane tank by a huge apparatus, where huge weight free falls upon items below.
“It’s like the war that came from The End of Everything series whereby force, destruction and co-incidence meet beauty.“ Joep Van Lieshout.
2017
STEEL, LIGHT FITTINGS
H52 L35 W40 CM / H20.5 L13.8 W15.7 IN
UNIQUE
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | PIPE-BOMB CLOCK (LARGE) These improvised, explosive walking sticks will lead us to a new future, though they indicate time in the most violent way.
2018
STEEL
H183 L15 W15 CM / H72 L5.9 W5.9 IN
UNIQUE
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | WALKING STICK 5 HOURGLASS As part of this series, Van Lieshout has created two related staff-shaped “walking sticks”, sculptures that seem like scepters of wisdom. These refer to visionaries, forerunners who redeem the masses and lead the way into the future. One staff shows an image of devotion, rationality and loss, whilst the other refers to primitivism and fertility. The works question the position of visionaries and prophets, and the steps one needs to take before reaching the way into the future.
“Isn’t it the staff which leads the way, even before the visionary himself reaches the path to enlightenment? We should follow it in order to reach Utopia, a new world, despite the uncertainty or risk involved.” Joep Van Lieshout
2018
COMPOSITE, GLASS
H210 L25 W25 CM / H82.7 L9.8 W9.8 IN
UNIQUE
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | TECHNOCRAT BRONZE COFFEE TABLE The Technocrat is a complex closed circuit of food, alcohol, excrement and energy. In this system, the human burgher is the cogwheel that generates thousands of litres of raw material to produce not only valuable biogas used for cooking but also an ‘Alcoholator’ distillery to keep the humans quiet and happy. The Technocrat consists of four parts that come with instructions. By following these instructions, anyone can learn to operate The Technocrat.
2007
BRONZE
H85 L180 W90.5 CM / H33.5 L70.9 W35.6 IN
TABLE: H41 CM / H16.1 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 10 + 2 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | DOMESTIKATOR LAMP The Domesticatior Lamp is a forged-steel lamp, shaped to present the outline of two figures and their relation. Its head serves as the lampshade. This elegant forged-steel work explores a recent theme in Van Lieshout’s work: the power of mankind over the natural world.
2018
CORTEN STEEL, LIGHT FITTINGS
H47 L36 W20 CM / H18.5 L14.2 W7.9 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | SCARLETT LAMP A portrait of an early morning with family, this is a sculpture about love.
2017
BRONZE, LIGHT FITTINGS
H32 L21 W18.5 CM / H12.6 L8.3 W7.3 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | JEWEL Constructed of heavy steel plates, Jewel celebrates indus try and Brutalism, the architectural movement defined by exposed concrete and blocky, geometric forms. It is a functional sculpture, and forms part of AVL’s Nouveau Brutalism series.“It’s about man’s most primeval needs”
2011
STEEL, LIGHT FITTING
H172 L33 W30 CM / H67.7 L13 W11.8 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 20
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | UNLIMITED NO. 15 The Blast Furnace, with its pipes, tubes, valves, and containers, is similar to an organism. Objects placed inside it relate to the cycle of life: birth, coming of age, and death. Among these objects are swimming sperm. They are the life force of all living beings, and play a starring role in most of AVL’s work, representing the end of everything and the beginning of everything.
2012
FIBERGLASS, POLYESTER, STYROFOAM
H128 L150 W50 CM / H50.4 L59.1 W19.7 IN
UNIQUE
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | PRICK LAMP LARGE Like so many fertility totems and charms brought back by horny anthropologists from far off places, this light reminds us that it’s always important to shine some light on the situation - to examine the merchandise, as it were.
“Even a prick needs light” Joep Van Lieshout
2007
FOAM, REINFORCED FIBREGLASS, LIGHT FITTING
H146 L68 W68 CM / H57.5 L26.8 W26.8 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 20
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | BAMBINO LAMP Bambino lamp. Man-woman, (wo)man child, child-child: tender family relations captured in a functional object.
2015
ELFENBEIN PLASTER, STEEL, LIGHT FITTINGS
H182 L111 W84 CM / H71.7 L43.7 W33.1 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 3 + 2 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | GIRL LAMP The lithe and graceful figure of a young woman, posing like a flamingo virgin — the work is a celebration of youth. The subject’s bifurcated rendering invites us to question the male gaze’s conquest, reminding us that in today’s world the defence of fragile innocence is required.
2019
BRONZE, LIGHT FITTINGS
H113 L38 W24 CM / H44.5 L15 W9.4 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | WALKING STICK 6 DE DOOD As part of this series, Van Lieshout has created two related staff-shaped “walking sticks”, sculptures that seem like scepters of wisdom. These refer to visionaries, forerunners who redeem the masses and lead the way into the future. One staff shows an image of devotion, rationality and loss, whilst the other refers to primitivism and fertility. The works question the position of visionaries and prophets, and the steps one needs to take before reaching the way into the future.
“Isn’t it the staff which leads the way, even before the visionary himself reaches the path to enlightenment? We should follow it in order to reach Utopia, a new world, despite the uncertainty or risk involved.” Joep Van Lieshout
2018
ALUMINIUM, COMPOSITE
H166 L25 W25 CM / H65.4 L9.8 W9.8 IN
UNIQUE
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | WAR War is made from fire extinguishers flattened and destroyed by one of the powerful hydraulic AVL machines, then burned and welded together. It’s a cautionary tale about our over-regulated society wherein “safety” dictates life.
2017
STEEL
H60 L44 W71 CM / H23.6 L17.3 W28 IN
UNIQUE
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | TREE TABLE LAMP “Perhaps the artist would be interested to know that the shapes illicit images of the lynching history in the United States. For those of us of African descent, such images evoke a plethora of emotional responses. Although I am unable to physically live with the piece, it has already moved me as only artistic expression can. For this, I truly thank the artist!” Dr. Noreen Winningham, early childhood educator
“It can be seen as people hanging from or alternately growing from the tree - as punishment but also blossoming.” Joep Van Lieshout
2009
BRONZE
H73 L45.5 W45.5 CM / H28.7 L17.9 W17.9 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 7 + 5 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | PAPPAMAMMA LAMP BRONZE PappaMamma Lamp is a glorification of the human “breeder” reproductive process. It is an anatomical cross-section of the genital organs: the penis, the vagina, and the gestating fœtus. “Light to Life!”
2013
BRONZE
H40 L50 W40 CM / H15.7 L19.7 W15.7 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | PAPPAMAMMA LAMP 2009
NYLON RESIN, LIGHT FITTING
H32 L41 W32 CM / H12.6 L16.1 W12.6 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 7 + 5 AP
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | HUMANOID “Humanoids invite people to see the human soul in natural and manmade objects” NK - Find the MIami Blurb - Mention MBCC !!
2014
ALUMINIUM
H100 L170 W110 CM / H39.4 L66.9 W43.3 IN
LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP
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