Elmgreen & Dragset
dal 27/5/2011 al 24/9/2011
Segnalato da
27/5/2011
Elmgreen & Dragset
Submarine Wharf, Rotterdam
The One & The Many. The Scandinavian art duo, best known for their Prada shop in the desert at Marfa, Texas, will create a hallucinatory experience in the Submarine Wharf in the summer of 2011. This is the second time that Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Port of Rotterdam have joined forces for a large-scale project. Just before 12:00 on the 28th of May, on the same day as the opening of the exhibition, a new sculpture will be unveiled on the Coolsingel, Commissioned by Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR).
In the summer of 2011 the former Submarine Wharf in Rotterdam’s harbour will be transformed for the second time into an exhibition space as part of an ongoing partnership between Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Port of Rotterdam.
The series was inaugurated this year with Rotterdam-based Atelier Van Lieshout’s Infernopolis. Elmgreen & Dragset are invited to create this year’s presentation. The Scandinavian art duo, best known for their Prada shop in the desert at Marfa, Texas, will create a hallucinatory experience in the Submarine Wharf in the summer of 2011. Until 18 June 2011 the artists will also provide an exhibition at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin called 'The Afterlife of the Mysterious Mr. B'.
For further inspiration of the artists and their work, watch the interview with the artists at the Venice Biennale, their Prada store in the desert of Texas, and their exhibition at the ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art in Karlsruhe.
Elmgreen & Dragset on television
For our online video channel ArtTube, Elmgreen & Dragset have explained some things about their exhibition The One & The Many at the Submarine Wharf. Watch this interview here. For an impression about the Submarine Wharf and last year's exhibition, Infernopolis by Atelier van Lieshout, watch this video at ArtTube.
Vernissage TV made a nice interview with director Sjarel Ex about the exhibition in the Submarine Wharf. Deutsche Welle also made a television report about the exhibition, also in German. A regional television station has devoted extensive attention to the exhibition, check out this item here (unfortunately for the greater part only in Dutch).
It's Never Too Late to Say Sorry
Just before 12:00 on the 28th of May, on the same day as the opening of the exhibition in the Submarine Wharf, a new sculpture will be unveiled on the Coolsingel. Commissioned by Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR), Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset developed the work It's Never Too Late to Say Sorry (2011). In a carefully designed museological display case containing a polished, stainless steel megaphone on a granite pedestal. Every day, a man will appear at the display case, open the door, take out the megaphone, and blare out over the Coolsingel: "It's never too late to say sorry". This performance will be repeated at 12:00 sharp, every afternoon, for one year starting on the day of the opening.
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is one of the most famous squares in London. In the corners there are four pillars (plinths) for statues. The fourth plinth has remained empty for financial reasons since 1999 and is used for art demonstrations. Elmgreen & Dragset were selected for filling in the fourth plinth in 2012. They will use a bronze statue of a child on a rocking horse, Powerless Structures, Fig 101. According to the artists, in the context of Trafalgar Square, the child will have the status of a historical hero.
For more information about the Submarine Wharf and the RDM complex: Sjaak Poppe, Havenbedrijf Rotterdam, +31 (0)10 2521427, s.poppe@portofrotterdam.com
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