Atelier van Lieshout

€9195.-

360 x 260 cm

Sculptor and painter Joep van Lieshout from Atelier van Lieshout interpreted the brief of Freedom with a “self-portrait” rug called Rats Are Us. The design is intended to reflect the overall subject of the collection: “freedom for personal expression, without any censorship”.

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Biography

Atelier Van Lieshout

Sculptor, painter and visionary Joep Van Lieshout (b. 1963 in Ravenstein, The Netherlands) was accepted to the Rotterdam Academy of the Arts at sixteen years of age, and has been working solely under the name Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL) since the studio’s founding in 1995. Atelier Van Lieshout has established a multidisciplinary practice that produces works on the borders between art, design, and architecture. Work by AVL has been exhibited at museums and galleries worldwide, and is in the collections of MoMA, New York; FNAC, Paris; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Prada Foundation, Milan; and Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich.

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