Atelier Van Lieshout

The Burghers XS

2023

Bronze
7 x 4,4 x 4,5 cm

The Burghers symbolizes the ever-present human dilemma: the choice between the known and the unknown, between security and insecurity, between- tradition and progress. The monumental sculpture draws from a universal and timeless theme: what does one do in an emergency situation? The figures, huddled together like a Laocoon, represent the different emotions that people go through in a time of conflict: heroism, fear, rebellion, survival, escape, compassion, cowardice, joy, loneliness – a mass of humans, insecure, doubtful and chaotic.

The Burghers XS (2023) was part of the following exhibition(s):
Arena, Nosbaum Reding, Brussels (BE), 2023

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