Atelier Van Lieshout

The Farm

2011

Mixed media
165 x 148 x 155 cm

The New Tribal Labyrinth is an ongoing series of work in which recurring themes like the organization of labour, the structures of power and revolution are linked to the end of the worlds´ resources and subsequent self sufficiency. It suggests a new world order, a society inhabited by imaginary tribes. This world will see a return to farming and industry – which currently both have been banished from our society – and a re-establishment of our relationship with materials – which now has been lost. Rituals will be re-valued, and will play in important role in society once more. Thus, objects for farming, industry and rituals are the three main bodies of work of this huge ”Gesamtkunstwerk”.

Additionally, New Tribal Labyrinth provides ritual objects, totem-like sculptures and dwellings for the tribes of the future. These include large scale projects like The Original Dwelling,  as well as smaller totems, icons and images of worship, like The Farm, which was the starting point of the New Tribal Labyrinth.

The Farm (2011) was part of the following exhibition(s):
‘The CryptoFuturist and The New Tribal Labyrinth’, Pioneer Works, New York (USA), 2019
‘SlaveCity’, De Pont, Tilburg (NL), 2016

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