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Optimundus: M HKA 08 02 13 - 19 05 13
Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys s art casts a merciless perspective on
reality. The duo visualizes their imaginings of the parallel world inherent
within the modern human psyche, along with how it manifests itself in
the everyday aspects of life and civic conformity. Everything from work,
leisure and family, to social class, masculinity and marginalization are
envisaged through convening an unlikely cast of nonprofessional actors,
family members, friends, beards, objects and mannequins alike, often in
banal, homespun settings. This book accompanies their major exhibition
at M HKA of the same title the term the artists use for their particular
conception of the parallel world. Narratives and criticism by Michael Van
den Abeele, Nav Haq, Jennifer Krasinski, Dieter Roelstraete and artist
Peter Wächtler.
reality. The duo visualizes their imaginings of the parallel world inherent
within the modern human psyche, along with how it manifests itself in
the everyday aspects of life and civic conformity. Everything from work,
leisure and family, to social class, masculinity and marginalization are
envisaged through convening an unlikely cast of nonprofessional actors,
family members, friends, beards, objects and mannequins alike, often in
banal, homespun settings. This book accompanies their major exhibition
at M HKA of the same title the term the artists use for their particular
conception of the parallel world. Narratives and criticism by Michael Van
den Abeele, Nav Haq, Jennifer Krasinski, Dieter Roelstraete and artist
Peter Wächtler.
68 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2013
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