The perfect lover
dal 11/10/2004 al 21/12/2004
Segnalato da
Louise Bourgeois
Marlene Dumas
Paul McCarthy
Raymond Pettibon
Michaela Unterdorfer
Edith Doove
11/10/2004
The perfect lover
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens MDD, Deurle
(In search of). Works by Louise Bourgeois, Marlene Dumas, Paul McCarthy and Raymond Pettibon from the Hauser & Wirth Collection. In dialogue with L.A. Raeven and Koen Theys. The fragility of the drawing shows the contradictory aspect of creativity that both creates and cuts, and is both an inscription and a registration. These conflicts come afore in the very diverging oeuvres of Bourgeois, Dumas, McCarthy and Pettibon. They all work round themes like eroticism, sexuality, longing, conflicts and fears. Sexuality here is a metaphor for the creative that tries to express itself through metaphors and an unhampered style that does not deny the narrow bond between violence and death.
(IN SEARCH OF)
Works by Louise Bourgeois, Marlene Dumas, Paul McCarthy and Raymond
Pettibon from the Hauser & Wirth Collection
In dialogue with L.A. Raeven and Koen Theys
Curators Michaela Unterdörfer and Edith Doove
The fragility of the drawing shows the contradictory aspect of creativity
that both creates and cuts, and is both an inscription and a registration.
These conflicts come afore in the very diverging oeuvres of Bourgeois,
Dumas, McCarthy and Pettibon. They all work round themes like eroticism,
sexuality, longing, conflicts and fears. Sexuality here is a metaphor for
the creative that tries to express itself through metaphors and an
unhampered style that does not deny the narrow bond between violence and
death.
The title of the exhibition, that was originally made in collaboration
with Matthias Winzen and first shown at the Staatliche Kunsthalle
Baden-Baden, quotes in the first place a series of drawings by Marlene
Dumas and points to the ambiguous relationship between the fragile drawing
and the injure of the sheet of paper.
The title can however also be interpreted as a search for a perfect
(other) body. This notion is shown in the video work by Koen Theys (B,
‘Meeting (William Wilson)’, 2003 and L.A. Raeven (NL, ‘Nature’s Choice’,
2002) that is added especially for the show at MDD.
Garden:
Maria Roosen, ‘…ooo…Reflection…ooo…’, 2002-2003
Return of the impressive installation of mirror balls that last year was
especially created for the garden of MDD. The mirror balls call forth
different associations like gigantic dew drops, mushrooms from outer
space, a nursery for Christmas decoration etc.
Erich Weiss, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, 2003
We all grow up with fairy tales. Weiss is interested in how these stories
influence us and what happens when their heroes are connected to everyday
surroundings. The innocent image of a pregnant sleeping woman almost
automatically is interpreted as a crime scene with the girl as an innocent
victim.
In the image: Maria Roosen, ‘…ooo…Reflection…ooo…’, 2002-2003
MDD – Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Museumlaan 14
B-9831 Deurle