From the hyperreal to the fragmentary the body in contemporary art This thematic catalog contains more than 110 works by 34 international artists exploring new frontiers in depictions of the human body exploring themes of life and death youth and old age work and migration loss of balance and bodily life in the time and space of the present. From works by wellknown hyperrealists such as Duane Hanson John DeAndrea and Carole Feuerman it proceeds to other types of narration where the body is evoked rather than represented. In works such as Christian Boltanskis Prendre la Parole Speaking Up Ibrahim Mahamas John B B Chiharu Shiotas Over the Continents Dayanita Singhs Suitcase Museum and Charles LeDrays Mens Suits the body seems to have vanished leaving behind only traces.