Koen Vanmechelen
Subtitle: It's about time
By: edited by Timo Valjakka ; writers: Rod Mengham, Hanna Johansson, Jill Silverman van Coenegrachts ; translations: Michael Garner
Contributors: Silverman van Cœnegrachts, Jill, author; Vanmechelen, Koen, 1965-; Serlachius-museot (Mänttä, Finland)
Series: Serlachius-museoiden julkaisuja -- 50; Serlachius-museoiden julkaisuja -- 50.
Publisher: Parvs
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9789527226148
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; Agrobiodiversity; Chickens; Breeding; Chickens in art; Conceptual art; Installations (Art)
Other titles: It's about time
Description: Koen Vanmechelen is an internationally acclaimed conceptual artist, whose practice ranges all media from paintings, sculpture and video to large bio-installations, social events and public engagement projects. The extensive articles and voluptuous illustrations in this book offer an in-depth overview of the unique vision of the Belgian artist, including his famous chicken-breeding program, the Cosmopolitan Chicken Project. Vanmechelen works at the intersection of art, nature and science. Key concepts of his art include diversity, domestication, and cross-breeding. A profoundly ethical artist, he is concerned about the state of the Earth and a sustainable future for all species. In his work he seeks both symbolically and concretely to open perspectives into a future where people and other species live in a state of balance. Exhibition: Serlachius Museum Gösta, Finland (19.05.-16.09.2018).
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä, May 19 - September 16, 2018.

Hanna Johansson's essay translated from Finnish.

Includes bibliographical references.