The renowned sculptor Peter Buggenhout (b. 1963, Dendermonde, Belgium; lives and works in Ghent) describes his hybrid pieces as \u201cabject things\u201d that defy classification and even the label \u201cwork of art.\u201d 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\u2019s sculptures confront the beholder as creatures that are somehow \u201coff,\u201d exuding an eerie atmosphere by allowing something sinister to rise to the surface that, it appears, lurks just behind the fa\u00e7ades of the physical world: vestiges of humanity, society\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Peter Buggenhout\u2019s art has been featured at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; the MoMA PS1, New York; the 2014 Taipei Biennial; and elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An Autonomous Counterpart<\/p>\n
The renowned sculptor Peter Buggenhout (b. 1963, Dendermonde, Belgium; lives and works in Ghent) describes his hybrid pieces as \u201cabject things\u201d that defy classification and even the label \u201cwork of art.\u201d 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\u2019s sculptures confront the beholder as creatures that are somehow \u201coff,\u201d exuding an eerie atmosphere by allowing something sinister to rise to the surface that, it appears, lurks just behind the fa\u00e7ades of the physical world: vestiges of humanity, society\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Peter Buggenhout\u2019s art has been featured at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; the MoMA PS1, New York; the 2014 Taipei Biennial; and elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14254,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2212,2217],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12679","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-installation-art","product_cat-sculpture","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n