Atelier Van Lieshout

Strong Men Stew

2012

Clay, metal
40 x 30 x 37 cm

In the fictional narrative of the “New Tribe” that has settled inside the Blast Furnace, new rituals and ritual objects emerge, such as this “strong men stew” pot employed for adulthood initiation rites. The stove is filled with a stew made of snakes, monkeys, insects, humans, intestines, mush‑ rooms, plants, and unrecognizable ingredients. A person has to walk backwards, take something from the pot, and eat it. If the person fails they have to wait one more year to join adulthood.

Strong Men Stew (2012) was part of the following exhibition(s):
‘The CryptoFuturist and The New Tribal Labyrinth’, Pioneer Works, New York (USA), 2019

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