Dunja Herzog. Laughter is usually the end of the conversation

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Laughter is usually the end of the conversation, 2013
views from the exhibition at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma – Milan, 2013

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Laughter is usually the end of the conversation, 2013
views from the exhibition at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma – Milan, 2013

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Chair (Die Gewohnheit des Nachbarn), 2013, plastic wrap, foam, 73 x 100 x 45 cm
Liminoid, 2013, nori paper, planter, 20 x 13 x 18 cm

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Chair (Die Gewohnheit des Nachbarn), 2013, plastic wrap, foam, 73 x 100 x 45 cm
Liminoid, 2013, nori paper, planter, 20 x 13 x 18 cm

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Liminoid, 2013, nori paper, planter, 20 x 13 x 18 cm

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Cerbero, 2013, stool, pillow, bubblewrap, 23 x 20 x 30,5 cm
Roommate, 2013, lemon rind, polyester resin, 8 x 46 cm

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Daddy’s trolley (The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house), 2013, bamboo sticks, metal, painted seatback, jam jar, 100 x 45 x 32 cm
Palma, 2013, plastic leaves, umbrella poles, plumb, 230 cm (h)
Trickster, 2013, fabric, tire, metal wire, glass, jar, bell, 88 cm (h)

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Laughter is usually the end of the conversation, 2013
views from the exhibition at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma – Milan, 2013

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MeMe (Sufficient opportunity for illusion), 2013, toy pram structure, silicone, plastic, 70 x 28 x 58 cm
Cockerel, 2013, bamboo stick, hair pins, 5 x 34 x 20 cm
Ritter der Kokosnuss, 2013, coconut, kneepad, Ø 18 cm

 

all images from: DUNJA HERZOG, Laughter is usually the end of the conversation, at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma – Milan (September 21 – November 9, 2013)
photos: EMANUELE BIONDI

From mid September, DUNJA HERZOG is presenting her first solo exhibition in Italy at the Istituto Svizzero in Milan. With industrially produced materials like metal, plastic or rubber, DUNJA HERZOG creates sculptures that seem to come from a different reality. Weird plastic objects in an indefinable form lie on the floor or hang on the ceiling and confront the viewer with everyday rubbish such as post-apocalyptic rests with an element of gesture and humanness within them.

HERZOG’s sculptures and installations are concerned with what surrounds us and shapes our everyday existence. She uses common objects and materials as if to prolong their lives, affording them a new lease of life once the first has gradually died away in the indifference of its situation and use. Her analytic approach to the object world also involves shifts in scale and montage, fragmentation, an aesthetic of ruptures which serves to make the familiar visible and readable in a completely new way. Furthermore this cacophonous array of objects abandon notions of order and power, allowing the viewer to relate to the works’ inherently human qualities of fragility and vulnerability.

Good news:  Laughter is usually the end of the conversation is running through November 9, 2013 at Istituto Svizzero, Milan.

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