Mike Bourscheid, The Thumbsucker (Raymond)

Mike Bourscheid
The Thumbsucker (Raymond), 2015
Fabric, wood
7 x 9 inches

Mike Bourscheid’ s sculpture- and performance-based practice draws from theater with scenographic elements such as set design, props and costumes and often involves his fabrication of ungainly or ridiculous appendages and prosthetics, in order to channel alternate personae as a device for addressing aspects of masculinity, European pomposity, and patriarchal power.

Mike Bourscheid represented Luxembourg at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, and his most recent exhibitions include an exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery (BC, Canada), 1646 (The Hague, NL), LIAR NYC (NY, USA) and Heidelberger Kunstverein (Germany). Mike Bourscheid is represented by Galerie Nosbaum Reding (Brussels/Luxembourg). Mike Bourscheid is based in Luxembourg and in Brussels.