Elmgreen & Dragset : after dark, BY ART MATTERS /
"For their show in Hangzhou's contemporary art center, By Art Matters, Elmgreen & Dragset installed a club space in the ground floor, a meticulously designed environment in which they strategically placed sculptural works: a monochrome bottle shelf filled with rows upon rows of the sam...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Language Notes: | Parallel text in English and Chinese. |
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Hangzhou, China :
BY ART MATTERS,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "For their show in Hangzhou's contemporary art center, By Art Matters, Elmgreen & Dragset installed a club space in the ground floor, a meticulously designed environment in which they strategically placed sculptural works: a monochrome bottle shelf filled with rows upon rows of the same milky liquid; a modernist circular bar that turns the tables on customers who could be served only when its center became accessible; a terrier on a merry-go-round; and a tightrope walker. Upstairs the exhibition spaces were divided into several tableaux, such as bronze figures painted in plaster white; and more. This book documents these complete environments in gorgeous spreads, along with shots of earlier installations for context. Texts by Tian Wu, Zian Chen and Alvin Li explain both the history of the artists' work and how it interrelates with Asian gay subculture, alongside an interview with the artists"-- |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the exhibition After Dark at BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou, China, November 13, 2022-April 9, 2023. Cover includes title in Chinese script. |
| Physical Description: | 263, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783947127412 3947127413 |