Tom Liekens & Glenn Geerinck - Hybriden/Hybrid
€ 35,00
Price incl. 6% (6%) € 1,98
softcover, 256 pages, 16,5 x 23,6 cm, 500g, ENG / NL
In stock
Save this product for later
Tom Liekens & Glenn Geerinck - Hybriden/Hybrid
Product Details
This publication tells the genesis of the wondrous hybrid creatures and how their meaning evolved with historical and ethnographic artefacts, curiosities, and work by contemporary artists, brought together in a cabinet of curiosities, as in a grand Wunderkammer. Hybriden/Hybrids was published on the occasion of the exhibition HYBRIDS Composite creatures from fables, myths and legends in cultuurhuis / Art Centre de Warande, Turnhout - België/Belgium curated by Tom Lieken and Glenn Geerinck.
"Fantastic creatures from myths, sagas and legends are often hybrids, composed of different, often very varied animals. Frequently, they also appear to be a mixture of humans and animals. Such representations and descriptions of hybrid creatures occur in all cultures around the world and have existed since ancient times. This publication reads like a wondrous journey into a grand Wunderkammer."
With artists: Emma Ainala, David Altmejd, Roger Van Akelyen, Antoine Banier Abbé, Mohammad Barrangi, Tilo Baumgärtel, Fred Bervoets, Cristian Bors, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Jules Dalou, Bart Van Dijck/Ignace Cami, Jacques Callot, Nick Cave, Caroline Coolen , Thiemoko Claude Diarra, Gustave Doré, Albrecht Dürer, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Nick Ervinck, Xander Faes, Frans Floris, Maïder Fortuné, Conrad Gesner, Pascale Geulleaume, Charles De Geyter, Lucy Glendinning, Hendrick Goltzius, Axel Goossens, Francisco Goya, J.J. Grandville, Joos Habraken, Kati Heck, Wim Hermans, Grigorios Ilaridis, Quinten Ingelaere, Rahim Issaka, Kawahara Keiga, John Jonston, Karel Laenen, Tom Liekens, Eva De Leener, Viktor Leestmans, Hans Lemmen, Edward Lipski, Gaetano Lodi, Charlotte Lybeer, Frans Masereel, Koen Vanmechelen, George Méliès, Warre Mulder, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Sharon Van Overmeiren, Michael James O’Brien, Imge Özbilge, Mu Pan, Bernard Picart, Tom Poelmans, Yannick Pollet, Artys Quellinus de Oude, Jon Rafman, Odilon Redon, Antoine Roegiers, Félicien Rops, Pieter Paul Rubens, P. Gasparis Schotti, Guy Slabbinck, Léon Spilliaert, Helmut Stallaerts, Jan Švankmajer, David Teniers de Jonge, Pei-Hsuan Wang, Joel-Peter Witkin, Dominick Verschelde, Crispijn van de Passe.
Tom Liekens (°1977) makes monumental paintings and woodcuts. He is fascinated by the unrealistic way fauna and flora are represented in paintings, fairy tales or films. The artificial world of zoos, natural history museums, curiosity cabinets and hunting rooms are also a lasting source of inspiration. In his canvases, he expresses the animal in man and the humane in the animal. Liekens shows how we relate to nature and to “other” animals. The work is not only full of art and cultural-historical quotations but also implicitly refers to current events.
Glenn Geerinck (°1984) obtained his Master's in Fine Arts and Photography at Sint Lucas School of Arts, Antwerp. His work is driven by a spontaneous and open attitude towards the still image. His photographs are often a record of small actions he whether or not staged. Sometimes Geerinck arranges objects which become actors, evoking a new meaning to the space they are set in. At other times, he acts himself within the frame of the camera as an impulsive reaction to a particular moment in time. By activating the inherent stillness of the medium with notions of performance and at the same time reducing a three-dimensional action to a two-dimensional image, a tension between the ‘now’ and the ‘forever’ is captured.
Editing and sequencing: Tom Liekens & David Boon
Design: David Boon
256 pages
16.7 x 23.6 cm
Dutch, English
Texts by Tom Liekens, Leen Huet, Frank Herreman
Publication date: June 2024
ISBN: 9789464002447
Display prices in:EUR