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Elmgreen & Dragset

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Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have collaborated since the mid-1990s, blending institutional critique, social politics, performance, design, and architecture. Their work, known as 'Powerless Structures', cleverly reimagines familiar environments with subversive wit. This collection showcases key projects including the transformation of New York's Bohen Foundation into a subway station in 2004, the installation of a fake Prada boutique in the Texan desert in 2005, and the 2012 statue of a child on a rocking horse on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.
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This book suits readers interested in contemporary art, public installations, and the intersection of art with social and architectural themes.

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Elmgreen & Dragset's constructed environments have been celebrated all over the world for their mischievous, cerebral, and accessible nature. This is the first comprehensive presentation of the duo's work, from their early performative pieces in the late 1990s to their most recent public projects

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Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have worked as a collaborative duo since the mid-1990s. Drawing from disciplines as divergent as institutional critique, social politics, performance, design, and architecture, Elmgreen & Dragset's 'Powerless Structures' reconfigure the familiar with characteristic and subversive wit.

This book includes all of their most significant projects, from the transformation of New York's Bohen Foundation into a subway station in 2004, to the siting of a fake Prada boutique in the Texan desert in 2005, and the installation of the statue of a child on a rocking horse on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2012.

Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series

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Jeffrey Kastner of Artforum praises the duo's extensive collaboration, highlighting their memorable sculptural and installation work that balances melancholy with humour, subtlety with slapstick.

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ISBN: 9780714875712

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 May 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 1053g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Martin Herbert is associate editor of Art Review and a regular contributor to publications such as Artforum, Frieze, and Art Monthly.

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