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The provocative and often comic Belgian art duo Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys present in book form their collaborative contribution to the 2019 Venice Biennale The Belgian artists Jos de Gruyter (b. 1965) and Harald Thys (b. 1966) have collaborated for more than two decades on artworks in a variety of media, including film, photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture; they are known for thought-provoking works, often imbued with an antic sense of humor. The pair was selected to represent Belgium at the 2019 Venice Biennale, and this book accompanies and documents their exhibit, also titledMondo Cane.The book is composed of a series of original, illustrated texts, written alternately in English, French, German, Dutch, and Italian.The texts are intended to evoke a variety of human conditions in an environment reminiscent of present-day Europe. Its title refers to a 1962 Italian film that documentedin a style intended to provoke Western audiencescultural practices from around the world

Mondo Cane Agrarian Studies

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 14 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780300247749
      978-0300247749
      ISBN-10 0300247745
      Also in:
      Exhibition catalogues and specific collections History of art

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      Book Synopsis
      The provocative and often comic Belgian art duo Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys present in book form their collaborative contribution to the 2019 Venice Biennale The Belgian artists Jos de Gruyter (b. 1965) and Harald Thys (b. 1966) have collaborated for more than two decades on artworks in a variety of media, including film, photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture; they are known for thought-provoking works, often imbued with an antic sense of humor. The pair was selected to represent Belgium at the 2019 Venice Biennale, and this book accompanies and documents their exhibit, also titledMondo Cane.The book is composed of a series of original, illustrated texts, written alternately in English, French, German, Dutch, and Italian.The texts are intended to evoke a variety of human conditions in an environment reminiscent of present-day Europe. Its title refers to a 1962 Italian film that documentedin a style intended to provoke Western audiencescultural practices from around the world

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