Atelier Van Lieshout

Butler

2019

Composite
130 cm x 67 cm x 140 cm

Early prehistoric sculpture was all about fertility – think, for instance, of the Venus of Willendorf with her broad thighs and ample bosom. Butler is her male counterpart who has fallen victim to his own potency. His penis rests on a crutch and serves as a side table for drinks, while he himself has been reduced to a lampshade. Some of his original vigour is still detectable in his rudimentary body shape that was sawn from polystyrene blocks with a chainsaw before being cast in composite.

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