Throughout
their career, Elmgreen & Dragset have redefined the way in which
art is presented and experienced. Drawing from disciplines as divergent
as institutional critique, social politics, performance and
architecture, in their sculptures and installations the artists
reconfigure the familiar with characteristic wit and subversive
humour. From the transformation of New York City's Bohen Foundation
into a 13th Street Subway Station in 2004, to the siting of a Prada
boutique in a Texan desert in 2005, and the insertion of institutional
spaces within the architecture of a public gallery, as in the
Serpentine Gallery's critically acclaimed The Welfare Show in 2006, their work
raises issues around social models and social spaces, and prompts a
re-thinking of the status quo.
Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen (b. 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b. 1969, Norway) have worked as a collaborative team since the mid-1990's. Their ambitious solo exhibition Celebrity: The One and the Many is currently on view at ZKM, Karlsrühe, Germany. Other important solo presentations have been presented at MUSAC, León, Spain (2009), Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (2007), Serpentine Gallery, London (2006), MCA Chicago (2005), Tate Modern, London (2004), and Kunsthalle Zurich (2001). In 2003, Elmgreen & Dragset won the prestigious Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. In 2009, Elmgreen & Dragset were awarded Special Mention at the Venice Biennale for The Collectors, their highly elaborate exhibition for the Danish and Nordic Pavilions.
Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen (b. 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b. 1969, Norway) have worked as a collaborative team since the mid-1990's. Their ambitious solo exhibition Celebrity: The One and the Many is currently on view at ZKM, Karlsrühe, Germany. Other important solo presentations have been presented at MUSAC, León, Spain (2009), Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (2007), Serpentine Gallery, London (2006), MCA Chicago (2005), Tate Modern, London (2004), and Kunsthalle Zurich (2001). In 2003, Elmgreen & Dragset won the prestigious Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. In 2009, Elmgreen & Dragset were awarded Special Mention at the Venice Biennale for The Collectors, their highly elaborate exhibition for the Danish and Nordic Pavilions.
Exhibitions
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Too Late
14 October - 15 November 2008
News
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Elmgreen & Dragset | 2012 commission for the Fourth Plinth
August 25, 2010
