‘autocrat’, 1998

ludwig forum for international art, aachen, germany
septemebr 13, 2008 – january 11, 2009

the work of atelier van lieshout is currently the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at aachen,
germany’s ludwig forum for international art. ‘das haus’ (the house) includes the studio’s work
from the early 1980’s and their contemporary projects. split into several thematic rooms, the show
looks at different periods in the studio’s oeuvre. this arrangement sheds new light on AVL’s projects,
creating new understandings of some of their key themes.

‘the modular bedroom’ shows shelving units from the 80s, a brothel from ‘slavecity’, ‘mini modular
brothel’, 2006, and a beercrate sculpture from 1987. ‘the machine room’ presents early works
inspired by machines and equipment, such as ‘blacksmith fire’, 1983, but also a recent work
‘operation’ 2007. the ‘independence room’ recalls the freestate AVL-ville; one of the first mobile
homes, ‘autocrat’, 1997, besides ‘mercedes with 57mm canon’, 1998, ‘septic tanks’, 2001 and
‘sleep/study skull’, 1996.

two new publications will be published together with the exhibition: das haus (the house) and
stadt der sklaven (slavecity). the catalogues are published by dumont verlag and will discuss
the thematic coherence between the works and document the exhibition.


http://www.ludwigforum.de
http://www.ateliervanlieshout.com


designboom interview with joep van lieshout


‘autocrat’, 1998


‘mercedes with 58 mm canon’, 1998


‘sportopia’, 2001


‘black smith fire’, 1983


‘mini alcoholator’, 2004


‘mini modular brothel 20 units (2x2x5)’, 2006


‘operation’, 2007

all images: copyright atelier van lieshout