dutch visual artist paul segers currently is exhibiting two new works at the kunstenlab, netherlands in an exhibition entitled ‘new skin for the old ceremony’.
‘maintenance, defense, camouflage’
‘maintenance, defense, camouflage’ symbolizes basic fears and our needs for survival. it is a collection of architectural models in which the basic instincts of man are portrayed through buildings and machinery. here, we see a cross between a farm and a bunker, a launcher, a rock disguised as a space station and headquarters that the artist needs to provide a workplace after the exodus.
‘maintenance, defense, camouflage’
‘maintenance, defense, camouflage’
a rock disguised as a space station
architectural models
‘maintenance, defense, camouflage’ (detail)
‘new skin for the old ceremony’
appears a bit like a dry dock or railway passage. perhaps it can even be interpreted as a large operating table. it is a rough, wooden construction in which a steel ‘worm’ or larvae is found, slowly writhing, twisting, turning, illuminated by a battery of construction lights, electrical wires hanging from its ‘belly’… for segers, the piece is somewhat of a reflection of the status quo of the arts, or perhaps a self-portrait of himself as an artist.
‘new skin for the old ceremony’
up close of the steel ‘worm / larvae’
the installation is illuminated by construction lights, with electrical wires hanging down from its ‘belly’
detail
detail
construction of the wooden construction all images by job stribos
video still of ‘success is survival’ in which a team of ‘professionals’ go to the van abbemuseum in eindhoven in the middle of the night to sacrifice an artwork.
paul segers was born in eindhoven in 1976. often working in public spaces, the imagery of his art is borrowed from the industrial and agricultural sectors, architecture, aerospace and military equipment. they often appear like props in a film.
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