This book highlights a rich blend of acclaimed Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere's (1960, Gent, Belgium) earlier and newer works, interwoven with artistic dialogues featuring figures like Lucas Cranach, Peter Buggenhout, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Patti Smith.
Gary Carrion-Murayari is Kraus Family Curator at the New Museum. Carrion-Murayari curated the 2010 monographic exhibitions of several artists including Phyllida Barlow, Nathalie Djurberg, Ellen Gallagher, Haroon Mirza and Jim Shaw. He has also co-curated group exhibitions such as Ghosts in the Machine,(2012) NYC 1993(2013) and Here and Elsewhere(2014). Carrion-Murayari worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art from 2003 to 2010, where he organized solo exhibitions including Elad Lassry and Karthik Pandian, and co-curated exhibitions such as Television Delivers People (2007) and Progress (2008). He co-curated the 2010 Whitney Biennial with Francesco Bonami. He has contributed to numerous exhibition catalogues and art magazines and has edited several New Museum catalogues.
