As the exclusive representative of Ed & Nancy Kienholz's art in Europe, Galerie Templon is exhibiting work by the iconic figures of American pop art in Brussels for the first time.The show offers a spectacular presentation of a series of installations produced between 1978 and 1994. Blurring the codes of sculpture, the pieces operate as three-dimensional paintings made of assemblages of artefacts, plunging the viewer into the heart of a disturbing
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Kienholz: The Hoerengracht
13th Jul 2011 4:39pm | By Jahn Vannisselroy
Husband and wife artists Ed and Nancy Kienholz have formed a taboo-challenging partnership for 20 years, and the Hoerengracht – Dutch for “the whores’ canal” – sits comfortably in that category as a three-dimensional model of Amsterdam’s red light district, replete with scantily clad sex worker mannequins in the windows.
It’s an evocative and innovative exhibition, but the Keinholzs’ pious advocacy of the working girls’ rights jars with their decision to attach glass cases to the women’s faces, emphasising their status as commodities.
» National Gallery, Trafalgar Sq, WC2N 5DN. Until Feb 21. Free