Hybrids: Composite Creatures From Fables, Myths And Legends

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition HYBRIDS Composite creatures from fables, myths and legends 9/6/2024 17/11/2024 in cultuurhuis / Art Centre de Warande, Turnhout België/Belgium. Fantastic creatures from myths, sagas and legends are often hybrids, composed of different, often very varied animals. Frequently, they also appear to be a mixture of humans and animals. Such representations and descriptions of hybrid creatures occur in all cultures around the world and have existed since ancient times. This publication reads like a wondrous journey into a grand Wunderkammer. Text in English and Dutch. AUTHORS: Glenn Geerinck is curator at De Warande in Turnhout, Belgium. Tom Liekens is a contemporary painter and print maker, collector and curator, living and working in Belgium. SELLING POINTS: . 30,000 years of visual representation . A wondrous journey into myths, sagas, and legends . Vintage prints of mythological scenes . Including artists such as David Altmejd, Goya, J.J. Grandville, Léon Spilliaert, Nick Cave, Koen Vanmechelen, and Albrecht Dürer . Essays from Leen Huet and Frank Herreman . Includes masks and sculptures from Africa, Asia, and Oceania 95 colour illustrations