In a relentlessly direct and humorous manner, Erik van Lieshout aims the focus of his works at social and political shortcomings; he utilizes the figure of the scapegoat to engage in a discussion about values and assessments. As a political Till Eulenspiegel and a hunter of dissimulation, he takes up the camera as a weapon, penetrates deep into society, overcomes spatial and interpersonal distances and violates private, social and moral boundaries in order to expose dissimulation, assertion of authority and narrow-mindedness. Van Lieshout calls people’s bluffs, disallows both their and his own urge to project a positive, self-assured image. The publication offers the energetic, processual manner in which Van Lieshout works. Transparent sheets of paper reminiscent of the pages of a Bible establish the rhythm of the book, address religious issues and, through their mirroring, create the effect of a palimpsest.weiterlesen