New Tribal Labyrinth offers a survey of works from the eponymous ongoing project by Atelier Van Lieshout, the internationally recognized studio of Dutch artist Joep van Lieshout. This publication reflects on our extremely advanced and complex society, in which over-consumption and limited raw materials play a crucial role. In Atelier Van Lieshout's vision, this will lead to conflict and the subsequent emergence of a new world order, with groups of people organizing themselves in tribes instead of nation-states. This new tribal world will see a return to farming and industry—which currently both have been banished from our society—and a re-establishment of our relationship with materials which now has been lost.

The book—published in collaboration with GRIMM gallery—is richly illustrated, showcasing not only the finished works of the artist but also how some of the pieces were made by van Lieshout and his team in their Rotterdam studio.

Joep van Lieshout lives and works in Rotterdam. Since the early 1980s, he has produced objects primarily in brightly colored polyester, the material that would become his trademark in subsequent years. Over the years he has gained international recognition for objects that balance on the boundary between art, architecture, and design. These works of art are practical, uncomplicated, and substantial. Recurring themes in the work of van Lieshout are autarky, power, politics, and the more classical themes of life and death.

Atelier Van Lieshout简称AVL是荷兰艺术家Joep van Lieshout创办的世界知名的艺术工作室。本书中介绍的这个心的艺术项目 New Tribal Labyrinth 新部落迷宫跟我们探究了我们现在社会中的极度先进性与复杂性。在这样一个过渡消费的时代中原材料的稀缺性成为了一个关键。在AVL的眼中这会引起一场冲突并生成新世界的另外一种规则，那个时候人们的集体是以部落为单位而非国家。在这个新部落中会看到对于农业与工业的回归而这个目前在我们的社会中基本已经被丢弃。并建立以我们与失去的材料之间新的关系。本书与Grimm 画廊一起出版，用丰富的图片展现了艺术家他们的作品记忆他们的工作室的一些场景。