Elmgreen & Dragset's nervous system...
12:31 p.m.
22/12/21 - The powerful installation by Elmgreen & Dragset extends throughout the entire venue of the Pace Gallery in New York and although visitors are left free to make their own appreciations, interrelations, comments or whatever is deemed pertinent, the first impression is overwhelming:
- A sculpture representing a pale man (possibly an artist), almost as if it had been covered in white paint, crosses with his hand a canvas, also white. Obviously we did not see the gesture, only the final result of semi-curved line, not particularly aesthetic but which caused a change in the whiteness of the canvas by only raising his hand from one end to the other.
The Nervous System, by Elmgreen & Dragset
Pace Gallery, New York
- A sculpture representing a child (again in white), observes himself in what appears to be a mirror or a window, with raised hands holding a weapon. It seems that the object weighs him down and forces him to position his body slightly backwards.
Boy with gun, by Elmgreen & Dragset (2021)
Material: bronze, lacquer, wood, aluminium and light box
Pace Gallery, New York
- A third sculpture of a man in a wheelchair, with his eyes closed and his head slightly to one side, is located in a cozy living room with the fireplace on. Under the chair, there’s a black carpet with simple notations about the passage of time (perhaps?) to a point where the markings are suspended.
Bogdan, by Elmgreen & Dragset (2021)
Material: bronze, lacquer, wheel chair
Pace Gallery, New York
- A person sitting in a second living room shares the table with a snake, also in white, located on an armchair. The man looks at his cell phone and is totally indifferent to those who walk around the room.
The Nervous System, by Elmgreen & Dragset
Pace Gallery, New York
The surreal and dysfunctional home featured in this exhibition is completed by other works (12 in total) from the latest production by the Berlin-based Danish artists, whom we remember from The Collectors exhibition at the 2009 Venice Biennale.
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