He has had solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (2007) Institute of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia (2007) Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2006) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2004) and the Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2004). 1970 Perth, Australia) lives and works in New York. As if playing a trick on us, Angus blurs visual fact with fiction, transforming expectations and calling attention to the object’s scale, volume, and form. However, the artist’s copy is not faithful he has used digital technologies to meticulously alter the scale and proportions of the original tractor so they appear slightly distorted. In this sculpture, Angus has created an extraordinarily detailed reproduction of a John Deere Tractor. James Angus’s replicas of everyday objects include a 1920s Bugatti racing car, a gorilla’s skull, and a manta ray. 1970, Perth, Australia) John Deere Model D, 2013Ĭourtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise Cristian Andersen is represented by Wentrup Gallery in Berlin. His work has also been included in several group shows such as: Abstrakt //// Skulptur, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin (2011) Danish Pavilion, Expo 2010, Shanghai (2010) 5th International DADA Festival, Kolin, Czech Republic (2008) Shifting Identities – (Swiss) Art Now, Kunsthaus/Airport Zürich (2008) Drawings, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (2006) among others. He has had solo exhibitions at Kunstverein Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria (2008) Modern Institute, Zürich (2007) and the Ausstellungsraum 25, Zürich (2007). 1974, Zurich, Switzerland) lives and works in Zürich and Los Angeles. From construction materials to cowboy hats, each object is absorbed into a new sculptural assemblage, creating whimsical moments of discovery as we move around the sculpture.Ĭristian Andersen (b. The final form piles one object atop another defying gravity with astonishing balance. 1974, Zurich, Switzerland) inverse reverse obverse, 2013Ĭristian Andersen’s playful sculptures combine found objects recast in new materials and stacked in precarious totems. This exhibition is curated by Nicholas Baume & Andria Hickey. Whether referring to the history of art, abstract forms, or simply to everyday life, the works of these eleven artists show us that serious art also has its lighter side. Enormous concrete vegetables make surprising new park benches, while a pair of goofy cowboy hats top off an improbable assemblage of found objects cast in bronze. Our perceptions may be altered by subtle atmospheres of transparent color or unexpected manipulations of familiar forms. In contrast to the more formal traditions of historic statuary and fountains, these public artworks engage us with their conceptual wit, eccentric forms, and imaginative transformation of everyday objects.Ī sense of playfulness may be found in the manipulation of scale and mass, where small becomes large, light becomes heavy, and vice versa. In different ways, all of the works on view share a sense of whimsy and visual invention. 1938) and Franz West (1947 – 2012) are shown alongside pieces by emerging and mid-career artists including Alicja Kwade (b. Significant recent works by senior figures such as Daniel Buren (b. It features sculptures of very different scales and materials, as well as a weekly performance. This exhibition brings together the work of eleven international artists.
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