Atelier Van Lieshout

Tronende Moeder

2021

Bronze
38 x 40 x 60 cm

Of all the saints, Mary became the most popular in Christianity during the Middle Ages. She was depicted countless times, often as the virgin with the young Christ child in her lap. She embodies hope and love, much needed qualities in the millennium between the end of the Western Roman Empire and the dawn of the Renaissance.

The Dark Ages are often viewed as a period of regression. The artistic knowledge that enabled the ancient Greeks and Romans to create perfectly sculpted bodies had been lost. Nevertheless, the primitive Medieval Marys with child have great emotional power in Joep van Lieshout’s eyes. His own version is an ode to that primal expressivity made from amateur-grade materials by purposely denying academic skills.

Tronende Moeder (2021) was part of the following exhibition(s):
‘Utopia‘, Château Saint-Maur, Saint Tropez (FR), 2022
EHBO, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (NL), 2021 – 2022

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