Rod Bianco
Contributors: Appel (Foundation : Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Publisher: Stichting de Appel
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780982100615
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: This book accompanies the summer 2010 exhibition by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard at de Appel art centre, Amsterdam. Amongst Melgaard's fascinations are provocative and violent subcultures, deceit, and fictional narratives and personas. Neither an alter-ego nor avatar, Rod Bianco is Melgaard's latest fictional projection.'Super normal' is a confrontational celebration of Bianco's life, travels, outpourings and memories, collated and presented by Melgaard and other artists. Photography, diaries, found images, a novel, and a new series of photorealistic paintings, are juxtaposed with Melgaard's vigorous, expressionistic drawings and iconography, accompanied by an essay by Ann Demeester. Exhibition: De Appel, Amsterdam (19.6-5.9.2010).