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ERWIN
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldErwin2010feltThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a typically german kind of coziness), that produced the tradition of the hunt trophies as well of the 18th century «cabinets d’amateurs». Both absurd and disconcerting, Grünfeld’s universe disturbs us as much by what is shown as by what it suggests.In this sense, his «Misfits» are his emblematic pieces, collages of taxidermized animals, challenges to the creation, although hardly more unlikely than the platypus. In the paradox between their familiar appearance and their unsuitability to our lived experience, the «Misfits» institute a dialectics of the real and the imaginary. They deal with disturbing our certainties on any determination of the reality. It seems Grünfeld assumes that any artifice is as legitimate as what we believe «natural». In our time of cloning, of genetic manipulations, the «Misfits» take a troubling and happy resonance. They are shocks as well as litotes that let us imagine what unknown dangers, what extraordinary desires could give birth to a giraffe with swan’s neck and head, like the one that stands in its evidence at the entrance of the gallery.The «Eye Paintings» present themselves under the aspect of monochrome objects, covered with a few emerging elements. Confronted to their reflecting surface, the viewer can spend a while trying to understand the intention of such a seedling or meditating on chance that they may metaphorise. A queerness seizes us soon when while looking at these egg- or tear-like pictures, one feels like observed. Inlaid in the immaculate, smooth and sterilized epoxy,...
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ST. FAUSTINA
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldSt. Faustina2008feltThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a typically german...
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EXCLAMATION MARK 2
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldExclamation mark 22014glass and epoxy resin on woodThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic...
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UNTITLED
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldUntitled1987wood, glass, objectThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a typically...
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GUMMI
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldGummi2000wood, foam, rubberThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a typically...
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ARTWORK #500
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldHdL2014Iron,wood,mirror, leatherThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a typically german...
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ARTWORK #499
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldHdL2014Iron,wood,mirror, leatherThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a typically german...
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HDL
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldHdL2014iron,wood,leather,mirrorThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a typically german kind...
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MISFIT
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldMisfit (goat/fawn)2001taxidermy, 30 x 50 x 30 cmThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic...
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EYE PAINTING
Price On Request Thomas GrünfledEye Painting - Untitled (eyes/ egg/ brown)2011glass and epoxy resin on wood72 x 56 x 7 cmThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection...
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STATION
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldStation2014Iron, wood, mirror, leather200 x 140 x 75 cmThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an...
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STATION
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldStation2014iron, leather, wood, mirrorThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an ironic critique of «Gemütlichkeit» (a...
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GUMMI (YELLOW)
Price On Request Thomas GrünfeldGummi (yellow)2000rubber, foam, wood15 x 160 x 110 cmThomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. Grünfeld work started from a reflection on the anti-aestheticism of the ‘80 and an...
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