A very narrative, domestic scene depicting an almost surreal representation of a dysfunctional home will soon be on view at the premises of New York's Pace Gallery. This is part of the exhibition Elmgreen & Dragset. The Nervous System, which will feature 11 works from 10 November 2021, including eight new works by the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset. The exhibition is made up of various sculptural elements that together are intended to evoke a complex series of associations and encourage viewers to draw their own interpretations of the scene from the many different elements in the exhibition. Recent works in the show include the installation Short Story (2020), which features two figurative bronze sculptures of young boys on a tennis court and addresses competition in society at large as well as the subjectivity of fairness. New works in the exhibition include Boy with Gun, a sculptural installation featuring a white-painted bronze figure of a boy holding a gun above his head and staring through a window. Art enthusiasts can view the works at Pace Gallery in New York City until 18 December 2021.
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset live in Berlin and have been working together as an artist duo since 1995. In their artistic practice, Elmgreen & Dragset explore questions of identity and belonging and investigate social, cultural and political structures. The duo's extraordinary, large-scale sculptural installations have been presented all over the world. Their permanent public works include Prada Marfa, a replica of a Prada shop built in 2005 in Marfa, Texas, the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted under Nazism in Berlin, and their site-specific ceiling installation The Hive, unveiled in December 2020 at the new Moynihan Train Hall in New York. Elmgreen & Dragset's work focuses on exploring the social history of public spaces; the works are often politically and emotionally resonant. Elmgreen & Dragset. The Nervous System at New York's flagship gallery represents the artist duo's first major exhibition at Pace since joining the gallery in 2020.
