A sweeping overview of the work of a prominent Belgian visual artist This handsome volume traces the work and career of Belgian visual artist Johan Muyle (b. 1956) from his early assemblages of found materials to his monumental paintings and recent motorized sculptures. Considered one of the most significant Belgian artists of his generation, Muyle's work has been exhibited internationally since the 1980s. In this book, a series of thematic chapters situate Muyle's oeuvre within the political and artistic context of the past thirty years and analyze the prolific artist's critical responses to concerns including religious extremism and the disappearance of collective utopias.

Johan Muyle

Arts & Photography

Gielen, Denis

History & Criticism

Mercatorfonds

In the form of a geographic atlas, this volume initiates dialogue between art and other disciplines such as the sciences, sociology and politics. Four hundred pages of color images drawn from art, architecture and film are annotated with historical, thematic and iconographic information and a mosaic of texts formed from quotes by artists, scientists and intellectuals, as well as encyclopedic entries, art reviews and short biographies. An entry on "The Bizarre," for example, is illustrated with works by Paul McCarthy and Jake and Dinos Chapman. One of the goals of any atlas is to survey the world in order to better explore it--seeing and naming a phenomenon in the world is just as imperative as seeking to define the meaning of that phenomenon.

Atlas of Contemporary Art for Use by Everyone

Busine, Laurent

Exhibitions International

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