Peter Buggenhout
Subtitle: nicht geheuer : eerie
By: Herausgeber, Holger Kube Ventura ; Texte, Ory Dessau, Christian Janecke, Holger Kube Ventura
Contributors: Desaʼu, Ori, writer of supplementary textual content; Buggenhout, Peter, 1963- artist; Kunstmuseum Reutlingen (Germany)
Publisher: Kunstmuseum Reutlingen / Konkret; DCV, Dr. Cantz'sche Verlagsgesellschaft
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Reutlingen; Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9783947563937
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Nicht geheuer; Eerie
Description: The renowned sculptor Peter Buggenhout (b. 1963, Dendermonde, Belgium; lives and works in Ghent) describes his hybrid pieces as ?abject things? that defy classification and even the label ?work of art.? He aggregates and manipulates found and discarded objects as well as both technical and organic materials including pig blood, cow stomachs, and horsehair until he achieves a certain degree of abstraction. Buggenhout?s sculptures confront the beholder as creatures that are somehow ?off,? exuding an eerie atmosphere by allowing something sinister to rise to the surface that, it appears, lurks just behind the façades of the physical world: vestiges of humanity, society?s sedimented refuse. The book presents a comprehensive survey of his growing oeuvre; it is the first publication to cover his most recent creations in marble.
Notes: Book has special paperback binding with only one side fixed to spine.

Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in German and English.

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, May 1 - September 12, 2021.