Some recurring themes in Joep van Lieshout's work include organizing the world, power structures, economy, revolution, new tribal organizations, autarky, and the classical themes of life and death. We met the artist, who recently worked on a stage design for the esteemed Bayreuth Festival, in his Rotterdam workshop where he was busy addressing the history of farming in his inimitable artistic way.
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