Ting
Group show at Skulpturi, an artist run exhibition space in Copenhagen. 44 sculptors, of all ages and generations, were invited to show a work within a space measuring 80 x 80 cm on the floor, and as high as the ceiling. The result was a labyrinth of "things".
Installation view of A Unisex Fragrance On A One-Sided Surface and Le Petit Prince (Entre Les Baobabs)
A Unisex Fragrance On A One-Sided Surface
2008
Klein bottle with ck one perfume from Calvin Klein
5,5 x 69,5 cm
Le Petit Prince (Entre Les Baobabs)
2010
Comic by Jean-Pierre Petit, photograph of Philippe Petit by Jean-Louis Blondeau, with heavenly bodies from Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and from Patachou, Petit Garçon by Tristan Derème
89,1 x 231 cm
The two works in this show relate to the title, and curating, of the show, by not only focusing on things, objects of pleasure, but also by trying to define the space in which the objects are displayed. Both works are initiated by a process of loose associations on the word 'small' - or as in this case: 'klein' and 'petit'. Names and titles are chosen and linked through this process of repeating the word, and ultimately merged in a form that refers to both science and poetry. Science is geometry, concrete knowledge on an abstract level, a systematic approach, and poetry is personified by perfume, French language and free minds from France. This way the two works is very much about what's around the work of art; the space surrounding the object, that defines the art piece, and the ethereal aura, that makes the piece art.
Installation view of A Unisex Fragrance On A One-Sided Surface and Le Petit Prince (Entre Les Baobabs)
A Unisex Fragrance On A One-Sided Surface
2008
Klein bottle with ck one perfume from Calvin Klein
5,5 x 69,5 cm
Le Petit Prince (Entre Les Baobabs)
2010
Comic by Jean-Pierre Petit, photograph of Philippe Petit by Jean-Louis Blondeau, with heavenly bodies from Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and from Patachou, Petit Garçon by Tristan Derème
89,1 x 231 cm
The two works in this show relate to the title, and curating, of the show, by not only focusing on things, objects of pleasure, but also by trying to define the space in which the objects are displayed. Both works are initiated by a process of loose associations on the word 'small' - or as in this case: 'klein' and 'petit'. Names and titles are chosen and linked through this process of repeating the word, and ultimately merged in a form that refers to both science and poetry. Science is geometry, concrete knowledge on an abstract level, a systematic approach, and poetry is personified by perfume, French language and free minds from France. This way the two works is very much about what's around the work of art; the space surrounding the object, that defines the art piece, and the ethereal aura, that makes the piece art.