Beauty of Intimacy

More than fifty artists from eighteen different countries have been selected by artist/curator Carel Balth to reflect the diversity and fragmen­tation of our time. Intimacy is the common denominator. The book and exhibition show how differently the beauty of intimacy can be manifest in visual art at the moment. Included are Elisabeth Peyton, Sarah Jones, Hellen van Meene, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Mariko Mori, Pipilotti Rist, Luc Tuymans, Vanessa Beecroft, Alicia Framis, Douglas Gordon...