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Death and suffering are systematically kept behind closed doors today. In the age of theconsumer society, shaped by cosmetic surgery, biogenetics and the obsession with youth, tracesof time and infirmity are marginalised. All the more do they make a shocking appearance intelevision reports on poverty-stricken and war-torn zones. To escape this voyeurism and yet tolet the body and the perfectly cast material speak directly and downright physically: this is oneof the outstanding qualities of the works of Berlinde De Bruyckere. The Flemish artist belongs tothose contemporary sculptors unafraid of confronting the human figure.
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