Atelier Van Lieshout

I Am Not An Artist, Brutus, Rotterdam (NL)

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5 October 2024 – 15 December 2024

Non-functionality, originality and authenticity may be considered the three pillars of art, which are stripped away by Joep van Lieshout to undermine the myth of the artistic genius. For the first time in over 30 years, Untitled (1987-1988) beer crate sculptures and Soft-Edge Furniture (countless open editions from 1988-1993)  will be exhibited in I Am Not An Artist, presented by Brutus Base. These works represent a gateway into modularity, a prelude to the work that turned Joep van Lieshout into Atelier Van Lieshout.

At Brutus, 3640 beer crates and over 600 concrete slabs fill the Kathedraal, while a remake of Van Lieshout’s 1987 computer program Unlimited Sculptures spews out billions and trillions of beer crate combinations. In ‘Disco Inferno’, we will encounter a ‘soft edge takeover’ with an almost innumerable number of sinks, tables, cabinets, toilets, desks and other objects.

This exhibition represents an even more pivotal point in Joep van Lieshout’s 40-year career, as the artist continues to morph the boundaries and interpretations of art, ethics, progress, utopia and dystopia.

AVL kindly thanks Bierbrouwerij AB InBev for collaborating on this exhibition.