Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures

The artist duo Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset continues to devise new ways of presenting and perceiving art through their subversive and versatile work. The updated and expanded edition of Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures is the most comprehensive study to date of the duo's sculptures from the mid-1990s to the present day. Visually designed to reflect the aesthetic and concep-tual working methods developed by the artist duo over the course of their careers, the book features detailed photographic documentation as well as four seminalessays on the artist duo's oeuvre.
MICHAEL ELMGREEN (*Denmark) and INGAR DRAGSET (*Norway) have been working together since 1995. Their work explores socio-cultural and political themes such as the challenges of growing up, queer issues, the construction of identity, consumer culture, and the privatization of public space. The artist duo has received numerous prizes, including the Preis der Nationalgalerie in Berlin (2002) and a Special Mention at the Venice Biennale (2009).

Summary

The artist duo Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset continues to devise new ways of presenting and perceiving art through their subversive and versatile work. The updated and expanded edition of
Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures
is the most comprehensive study to date of the duo’s sculptures from the mid-1990s to the present day. Visually designed to reflect the aesthetic and concep-
tual working methods developed by the artist duo over the course of their careers, the book features detailed photographic documentation as well as four seminal
essays on the artist duo’s œuvre.

MICHAEL ELMGREEN (*Denmark) and INGAR DRAGSET (*Norway) have been working together since 1995. Their work explores socio-cultural and political themes such as the challenges of growing up, queer issues, the construction of identity, consumer culture, and the privatization of public space. The artist duo has received numerous prizes, including the Preis der Nationalgalerie in Berlin (2002) and a Special Mention at the Venice Biennale (2009).

Product details

• Authors: Leigh Arnold, David J Getsy, Anita e Iannacchione
• Assisted by: Leigh Arnold (Editor), Iannacchione (Editor), Anita Iannacchione (Editor)
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2024
• EAN: 9783775757829
• ISBN: 978-3-7757-5782-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 243 mm x 302 mm x 302 mm
• Weight: 2165 g
• Illustrations: 310 Abb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Soziologie, Privatisierung, Architektur, Skulptur, Performance, Verstehen, Dänemark, Norwegen, Zeitgenössische Kunst, Bildhauerei und Plastik, Performancekunst, Das Selbst, das Ich, Identität und Persönlichkeit, Soziale Gruppen: alternative Lebensstile, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Umgang mit dem / Ratgeber zum Altern, LGBTQ+ Studien / Themen, Künste; Bildende und angewandte Kunst