An Unlikely Pair: Berlinde De Bruyckere and J.M. Coetzee

• Authors: Robert Kusek , Wojciech Szymański
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Despite J.M. Coetzee’s ostensible interest in the issues of - largely speaking - visuality, the links between Coetzee’s oeuvre and ‘images’ have not been sufficiently explored either by art or literary critics. The paper offers a detailed discussion of the cooperation between Coetzee and the Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere which has so far resulted in one installation and two art books co-authored by Coetzee and De Bruyckere. Special attention will be paid to the piece “Cripplewood/Kreupelhout” shown in the Belgian Pavilion of the 2013 Venice Biennial and the catalogue published in its wake. Also, a number of questions related to the nature of Coetzee’s contribution to both projects, the role of a curator and his relationship with the artist, as well as the catalogue’s generic affiliation and its position in Coetzee’s body of works are thoroughly addressed.

Keywords

EN

Berlinde De Bruyckere; J.M. Coetzee; visuality; Venice Biennial

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Werkwinkel
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-32

Dates

published

2015-06-01

online

2015-07-11

Contributors

author

Robert Kusek

• Jagiellonian University Instytut Filologii Angielskiej al. Mickiewicza 9A 31-120 Kraków, Poland

author

Wojciech Szymański

• University of Wrocław Instytut Historii Sztuki ul. Szewska 36 50-139 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/werk-2015-0002