Elmgreen & Dragset - biography

Autor*innen

• Andrew Berardini

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• Ausstellungskataloge

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'Biography' is the first major exhibition in Oslo by Elmgreen et Dragset. The show presents a wide selection of works from the artist duo's complex universe, including performance, sculpture and interactive installations. Works from the late 1990s onwards are shown together with recent projects, and all together create a unique insight into the artists' oeuvre. Elmgreen et Dragset consider an exhibition to be a work of art in itself, with all its narrative, choreographic and social possibilities and 'Biography' examines the very conditions of exhibiting. Works that initially arrived from very different contexts are here brought together and the new constellations of works generate altered readings and additional layers of meaning. When walking through the museum, one will experience environments which occur very realistic, just in order to end up in almost surreal and other worldly scenarios elsewhere in the exhibition. A durational live act is juxtaposed with a series of wall pieces, and existing sculptures find their place in the context of new site specific environments.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014