Rediscovering the transgressive, grotesque drawings of a self-proclaimed "good-for-nothing" artist whose criminal ties cost him his life
Driven by fascination as well as contempt, Belgian artist Stéphane Mandelbaum (1961-86) produced hundreds of drawings within a short creative period of just 10 years. As a descendant of Holocaust survivors, Jewish history and persecution was often at the center of his work. His portraits, reminiscent of the strained, tortured figures of George Grosz, include renderings of Arthur Rimbaud, Francis Bacon, Pierre Goldman, his grandfather Szulim and his father Arié, but also of National Socialist criminals such as Joseph Goebbels and Ernst Röhm. He interspersed these sketches with newspaper clippings or coarse, short, disparaging phrases in Yiddish, Italian, French or German. This monograph captures Mandelbaum's haunting, deliberately provocative oeuvre, permeated by his Jewish descent, Belgium's colonial history and the seedy criminal underworld of Brussels--which ultimately claimed his life.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Rediscovering the transgressive, grotesque drawings of a self-proclaimed "good-for-nothing" artist whose criminal ties cost him his lifeDriven by fascination as well as contempt, Belgian artist Stephane Mandelbaum (1961-86) produced hundreds of drawings within a short creative period of just 10 years. As a descendant of Holocaust survivors, Jewish history and persecution was often at the center of his work. His portraits, reminiscent of the strained, tortured figures of George Grosz, include renderings of Arthur Rimbaud, Francis Bacon, Pierre Goldman, his grandfather Szulim and his father Arie, but also of National Socialist criminals such as Joseph Goebbels and Ernst Roehm. He interspersed these sketches with newspaper clippings or coarse, short, disparaging phrases in Yiddish, Italian, French or German. This monograph captures Mandelbaum's haunting, deliberately provocative oeuvre, permeated by his Jewish descent, Belgium's colonial history and the seedy criminal underworld of Brussels--which ultimately claimed his life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783753307244
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'I wanted to write my life in life.' -Pierre Goldman. Driven by fascination as well as by contempt, Stéphane Mandelbaum (1961-1986) produced hundreds of drawings within a short creative period of just ten years. The subjects include portraits of Arthur Rimbaud, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Francis Bacon, Pierre Goldman, his grandfather Szulim, and his father Arié Mandelbaum, but also National Socialist criminals such as Joseph Goebbels and Ernst Röhm. His Jewish descent, Belgium's colonial history, but also the nightlife and underworld of Brussels, permeated his work at ever deeper levels and ultimately shaped his life-always driven by the questions: Where do I come from and what can I be Text: Diedrich Diederichsen, Ralf Marsault, Eileen Myles, Tal Sterngast, Susanne Pfeffer. 252 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9783753307244