01/10/06  Xander Karskens

‘Reality is always much stronger, much harder than art,’ says Erik van Lieshout. In his work, be it videos or paintings or drawings, he is in search of the right tension between art and real life, and he does not shy away from throwing himself into the fray. This extreme attitude, where nothing is sacred, is crucial for him to achieve what he wants: political work, without being political.

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