Berlinde de Bruyckere: Angels Throat Huijts Stijn

A comprehensive overview of renowned Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere's work since 2014, inspired by the figure of the angelBelgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere has long been a leading light in the international contemporary art world whose sculptures, installations and drawings endeavor to find the meaning of humanity, physicality, suffering and vitality.Conceived in the loneliness and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book explores De Bruyckere's recent, never-before-seen work inspired by the figure of the angel as portrayed in myths, stories, literature and art history. The angel guards against a lonely existence and, even more importantly, against a lonely death. According to De Bruyckere, an angel--with its warm, dark wings--provides protection, a refuge from fear.

It symbolizes the fragile line De Bruyckere treads between artistic