{"product_id":"45664-becoming-animal","title":"Becoming Animal","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike animals, whose consciousness of their own existence differs from humans, humans experience life as a conscious function of death, painfully aware of the limitations of life and the emptiness lurking ahead.\u003cem\u003e Becoming Animal\u003c\/em\u003e explores the existential nature of human existence in a rich survey through Symbolism, Surrealism, Minimalism and contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis investigation builds from a literary and philosophical framework that addresses consciousness and the self. Through a series of apparently irreconcilable artistically and politically divergent movements, empty transcendence is confronted by the enduring concepts of eternity and utopia. \u003cem\u003eBecoming Animal\u003c\/em\u003e features artists such as Francisco de Goya, Alfred Kubin, Odilon Redon, Gardar Eide Einarsson and Werner B\u0026uuml;ttner and includes essays on emptiness and transcendence in modern and contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExhibition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuseum of Religious Art, Lemvig, 12.5.\u0026ndash;12.8.2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526206185736,"sku":"9783775744669","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775744669_c496a399-08f2-4de8-9426-8da72d4e38ec.jpg?v=1744047869","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/45664-becoming-animal","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}