Elmgreen & Dragset

"Familienalbum" des dänisch-norwegischen Erfolgsduos, gewohnt selbstironisch und unangepasst

The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have been collecting photos for their ever-expanding image archive, The Incidental Self, throughout their twenty-year collaboration. These intimate photos have previously been shown at galleries, museums, and biennials in Europe and Asia, but are now for the first time compiled in an image-only publication, titled Biography. The book includes hundreds of private snapshots that span many events and locations, offering a glimpse of the artists' studio, working processes, exhibitions, travels, parties, friendships, relationships, and inspirations. The contents, ranging from personal photos to those taken by friends, studio assistants, professional photographers, family, and colleagues, give the impression of an oversized and rather absurd family photo album, focussing on a masculine reality. As a whole, the selection of images creates a fluid perception of what today can be called a self. Ausstellung/Exhibition: Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo 21.3.24.8.2014 | National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen 19.9.20144.1.2015

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The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have been collect ing photos for their ever-expanding image archive, The Incidental Self, throughout their twenty-year col laboration. These intimate photos have previously been shown at galleries, museums, and biennials in Europe and Asia, but are now for the first time com piled in an image-only publication, titled Biography. The book includes hundreds of private snapshots that span many events and locations, offering a glimpse of the artists studio, working processes, ex hibitions, travels, parties, friendships, relationships, and inspirations. The contents, ranging from personal photos to those taken by friends, studio assistants, professional photographers, family, and colleagues, give the impression of an oversized and rather absurd family photo album, focussing on a masculine reality. As a whole, the selection of images creates a fluid perception of what today can be called a self.
Ausstellung/Exhibition: Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo 21.3. 24.8.2014 National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen 19.9.2014 4.1.2015 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Frühjahr/Spring 2015

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Das Künstlerduo Elmgreen & Dragset sammelt seit Beginn seiner 20-jährigen Zusammenarbeit Fotografien für sein Bildarchiv The Incidental Self. Die Aufnahmen mit intimem Charakter wurden bereits in Galerien und Museen sowie auf Biennalen in Europa und Asien gezeigt, nun werden sie erstmals als reiner Bildband unter dem Titel Biography veröffentlicht. Das Bilderbuch umfasst Hunderte von Fotos von vielerlei Orten und Anlässen und gewährt Einblicke in das Atelier der Künstler, in Arbeitsprozesse, Ausstellungen, Beziehungen, Freundschaften, Partys, Reisen und andere Inspirationsquellen. Das Spektrum reicht von privaten Schnappschüssen bis zu Bildern, die Familienmitglieder, Freunde, Assistenten, Künstler oder Profifotografen aufgenommen haben. So wirkt der Band tatsächlich wie ein überdimensioniertes, recht absurdes Familienalbum, dessen Schwerpunkt deutlich auf einer maskulinen Wirklichkeit liegt. Insgesamt vermittelt die Bildauswahl einen fließenden Eindruck davon, was heute "Identität" genannt werden kann.

Ausstellungen / Exhibitions: Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo 21.3.-24.8.2014 | Statens Museum for Kunst, Kopenhagen / National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen 19.9.2014-4.1.2015 | Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Frühjahr/Spring 2015

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The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have been collect­ing photos for their ever-expanding image archive, The Incidental Self, throughout their twenty-year col­laboration. These intimate photos have previously been shown at galleries, museums, and biennials in Europe and Asia, but are now for the first time com­piled in an image-only publication, titled Biography. The book includes hundreds of private snapshots that span many events and locations, offering a glimpse of the artists' studio, working processes, ex­hibitions, travels, parties, friendships, relationships, and inspirations. The contents, ranging from personal photos to those taken by friends, studio assistants, professional photographers, family, and colleagues, give the impression of an oversized and rather absurd family photo album, focussing on a masculine reality. As a whole, the selection of images creates a fluid perception of what today can be called a self.

Ausstellung/Exhibition: Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo 21.3.24.8.2014 | National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen 19.9.20144.1.2015