Atelier Van Lieshout

Ballerina

2015

Acrylic Resin
90 x 90 x 208 cm

Ballerina shows us a well-intended but unachieved attempt to attain symmetry. The sculpture springs from Joep van Lieshout’s desire to create geometrical form in an intuitive, expressive and impulsive fashion, and from his exploration of the relationship between the human body and geometry. The intentionally asymmetrical sculpture reminds us of the balance of the human body and the dynamics of movement.

Not by coincidence, Ballerina draws on the visual language of the costumes of the Ballet Russes, which in themselves were also a reflection on balance, movement and asymmetry.

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