Elmgreen et Dragset
19 Jan - 08 Mar 2008
ELMGREEN ET DRAGSET
Side Effects"
Les artistes présentent à cette occasion une nouvelle série de sculptures de taille humaine, dont les costumes originaux ont été spécialement dessinés par les célèbres stylistes Alberta Ferretti, Sonia Rykiel, Gaspard Yurkievich, Vanessa Bruno et Henrik Vibskov.
Fabriquées à partir de matériaux synthétiques high-tech, ces "sculptures-cyborgs" de couleur chair imitent l'aspect de la peau. Alors que les formes doucement incurvées rappellent le graphisme des dessins animés, leur aspect minimaliste évoque les sculptures modernes d'Henri Moore, Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth et de Constantin Brancusi.
L'exposition dont le vernissage a lieu pendant la Fashion Week à Paris, a pour ambition de questionner les frontières entre les arts plastiques et la mode. Ainsi, Elmgreen & Dragset ont fait appel à la collaboration des photographes de mode Sofia Sanchez et Mauro Mongiello. Chaque sculpture a été photographiée dans une situation différente et un contexte qui lui donnera une identité (statut social, sexualité, genre et âge). Leur shooting sera publié dans divers magazines de mode pendant l'exposition.
Elmgreen & Dragset ont été nommés commissaires des pavillons nordiques et danois pour la Biennale de Venise 2009.
The Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin is pleased to announce the exhibition by Elmgreen & Dragset "Side Effects", from January the 19th to March the 8th 2008.
"Side Effects" is an exhibition by Elmgreen & Dragset presenting a new series of abstract, human sized sculptures, dressed according to the following famous fashion designers Vanessa Bruno, Alberta Ferretti, Antonio Marras for Kenzo, Sonia Rykiel, Henrik Vibskov and Gaspard Yurkievich.
"Side Effects", which opens January the 19th 2008 in conjunction with the fashion shows Paris Men's Fall-Winter 2008/2009, blurs the lines between fine arts, comic strip aesthetics, and fashion. Using these cyborg-like, abstract sculptures Elmgreen & Dragset are also able to debate the perception of the ideal body in our contemporary culture. Besides being shown in the exhibition itself, where they are staged as abstract visitors, the sculptures also "act" as models for photo shoots, "posing" for the photographers Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello in various settings: a park, a club, the street...
The softly curved organic shapes and skin colored surfaces of the sculptures allude to human features. Their aesthetic refers to a modernist tradition of sculpture, evoking artists such as Henri Moore, Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth and Constantin Brancusi. However, these sculptures also have a slightly cartoon-like look as if to rewrite art history as a comic strip. The sculptures are fabricated using high-tech, synthetic materials with an industrial, glossy appearance that juxtaposes their references to the human body.
Through their plastic and costumes, each sculpture portrays an identity, embodying a specific social status, sexuality, gender and age. The clothing they wear as well as the sculptures themselves are intended to be artistic metaphors. Each outfit is more of a semi abstract design than a realistic portrayal of a t-shirt, evening gown, leather jacket or any other article of clothing. With the wide range of fabrics and styles Elmgreen & Dragset use in this exposition, they are truly able to capture a variety of personalities.
Side Effects"
Les artistes présentent à cette occasion une nouvelle série de sculptures de taille humaine, dont les costumes originaux ont été spécialement dessinés par les célèbres stylistes Alberta Ferretti, Sonia Rykiel, Gaspard Yurkievich, Vanessa Bruno et Henrik Vibskov.
Fabriquées à partir de matériaux synthétiques high-tech, ces "sculptures-cyborgs" de couleur chair imitent l'aspect de la peau. Alors que les formes doucement incurvées rappellent le graphisme des dessins animés, leur aspect minimaliste évoque les sculptures modernes d'Henri Moore, Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth et de Constantin Brancusi.
L'exposition dont le vernissage a lieu pendant la Fashion Week à Paris, a pour ambition de questionner les frontières entre les arts plastiques et la mode. Ainsi, Elmgreen & Dragset ont fait appel à la collaboration des photographes de mode Sofia Sanchez et Mauro Mongiello. Chaque sculpture a été photographiée dans une situation différente et un contexte qui lui donnera une identité (statut social, sexualité, genre et âge). Leur shooting sera publié dans divers magazines de mode pendant l'exposition.
Elmgreen & Dragset ont été nommés commissaires des pavillons nordiques et danois pour la Biennale de Venise 2009.
The Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin is pleased to announce the exhibition by Elmgreen & Dragset "Side Effects", from January the 19th to March the 8th 2008.
"Side Effects" is an exhibition by Elmgreen & Dragset presenting a new series of abstract, human sized sculptures, dressed according to the following famous fashion designers Vanessa Bruno, Alberta Ferretti, Antonio Marras for Kenzo, Sonia Rykiel, Henrik Vibskov and Gaspard Yurkievich.
"Side Effects", which opens January the 19th 2008 in conjunction with the fashion shows Paris Men's Fall-Winter 2008/2009, blurs the lines between fine arts, comic strip aesthetics, and fashion. Using these cyborg-like, abstract sculptures Elmgreen & Dragset are also able to debate the perception of the ideal body in our contemporary culture. Besides being shown in the exhibition itself, where they are staged as abstract visitors, the sculptures also "act" as models for photo shoots, "posing" for the photographers Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello in various settings: a park, a club, the street...
The softly curved organic shapes and skin colored surfaces of the sculptures allude to human features. Their aesthetic refers to a modernist tradition of sculpture, evoking artists such as Henri Moore, Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth and Constantin Brancusi. However, these sculptures also have a slightly cartoon-like look as if to rewrite art history as a comic strip. The sculptures are fabricated using high-tech, synthetic materials with an industrial, glossy appearance that juxtaposes their references to the human body.
Through their plastic and costumes, each sculpture portrays an identity, embodying a specific social status, sexuality, gender and age. The clothing they wear as well as the sculptures themselves are intended to be artistic metaphors. Each outfit is more of a semi abstract design than a realistic portrayal of a t-shirt, evening gown, leather jacket or any other article of clothing. With the wide range of fabrics and styles Elmgreen & Dragset use in this exposition, they are truly able to capture a variety of personalities.