Emma Murphy
Hauser & Wirth Gallery: 23 Savile Row, W1S 2ET
November 27th 2014 - January 10th 2015
Hauser & Wirth Gallery: 23 Savile Row, W1S 2ET
November 27th 2014 - January 10th 2015
The potential for rot lurks precariously close to the surface in Met Tere Huid/Of Tender Skin, an exhibition by Ghent native Berlinde De Bruyckere, on show at Hauser & Wirth London until January 10th, 2015.
Consisting of both sculptural and wall based works, De Bruyckere anthropomorphises her fleshy works in an abject representation of attraction and disgust. Constructed from layers of wax, pigment, cloth, metal and wood, the luscious surfaces of the Belgian's sculptures are as fascinating as they are repellant. The limbs – reminiscent of both human and tree – create a basterdised hybrid, an unsettling amalgamation of animate and inanimate. These dark, earthy assemblages are stained with pigment, as if blood runs deep through their fleshy core.
Consisting of both sculptural and wall based works, De Bruyckere anthropomorphises her fleshy works in an abject representation of attraction and disgust. Constructed from layers of wax, pigment, cloth, metal and wood, the luscious surfaces of the Belgian's sculptures are as fascinating as they are repellant. The limbs – reminiscent of both human and tree – create a basterdised hybrid, an unsettling amalgamation of animate and inanimate. These dark, earthy assemblages are stained with pigment, as if blood runs deep through their fleshy core.