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minature white figurine wearing black trousers on metal balcony, mounted on a pale grey wall

Elmgreen & Dragset

The Observer

€5,500

Edition of 5042.5 (H) × 40.0 (W) × 23.0 (D) cm

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Wry social critique prevails in the expansive oeuvre of Danish-Norweigan duo Elmgreen & Dragset.

Our second collaboration, The Observer, sets an ambiguous shirtless figure on an exposed balcony – loosely paralleling states of undress with arbitrary divisions of public and private space, all while prompting the viewer’s own contemplation.

“As you encounter the sculpture and look at it, you will notice that it is looking back at you as well. What is he thinking?”

Medium

Powder-coated steel and clothed resin figure.

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Release date

December 08, 2021

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Behind the scenes

Two artists Elmgreen & Dragset smiling in a doorway

Elmgreen & Dragset2 collaborationsSince 1995, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have created large-scale sculptures, installations and performances that douse new twists on modernist design in pointed social commentary. All of their work, whether a thirty-foot defunct swimming pool or a fictional set of a collector’s home, transforms familiar settings into humorous, uncanny scenarios. Public space is highly important. The conversations that the sculptures provoke within the public are just as important as the art-objects themselves. In fact, Elmgreen & Dragset see their work as a mode of civic duty, aiming to inspire independent thought in their viewers. They do not, however, ask you to agree with them, but instead pose questions that undo the absoluteness of societal norms to reveal - beyond what we are conditioned to believe - what we actually think.

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