Berlinde De Bruyckere’s exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse features new bronze and lead sculptures from the Arcangelo series alongside a selection of monumental, framed relief works and paper collages from the artist’s It almost seemed a lily series.

Spanning both painting and sculpture, De Bruyckere works with wax, animal skins, paper, textiles, metal and wood to create hybrid forms with human, animal and plant features. Layering religious iconography and ancient mythology with narratives of transience, carnality and sensuality, Berlinde De Bruyckere surpasses religious connotations and transfers them to the realm of the universal and profane.

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