KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
SOME MATERIAL CULTURE FOLLOWING A RANDOM METHOD BASED ON ALEATORY RULES
January 20 through March 10, 2012
We are proud to announce our next exhibition of recent work by the Belgian artist Koenraad Dedobbeleer. He is the 2009 recipient of the Mies van der Rohe grant of the city of Krefeld. Koenraad Dedobbeleer creates sculptures, objects, and site-related installations, which strike a chord and yet catch us off balance. His works abound in allusion, ironic commentary and art historical reference. The artist reinterprets everyday objects by subjecting them to subtle but effective modifications, for instance, by changing their size, color or material, or transplanting them into a modernist context. He draws attention to their relationship with the Modernism of the 1920s and 1930s and, at the same time, subverts it in interventions that range from near imperceptibility to large, stage-like productions.
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KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Resigned Astonishment, 2011
Resigned Astonishment, 2011
varnish on enamel and wood
81.5 x 68.5 x 72.5 cm (32 1/8 x 27 x 28 1/2 in.)
M36.KOD.11882.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
A Primitive Population Is Easier to Govern Than a Cultured One, 2011
A Primitive Population Is Easier to Govern Than a Cultured One, 2011
chromed steel and spray painted metal
90 x 64 x 65 cm (35 3/8 x 25 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)
M36.KOD.11891.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Got the Getting, 2011
Got the Getting, 2011
varnish on laminated concrete,
laminated wooden pedestal
131 x 50 cm (51 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
M36.KOD.11879.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Hobgoblins, 2011
Hobgoblins, 2011
varnished wood and metal wire on a spray painted metal foot,
laminated wooden base
184 x 80 cm (72 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.)
M36.KOD.11887.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Chimes Pleasingly With the Logic, 2011
Chimes Pleasingly With the Logic, 2011
plaster on styrofoam, wood, reed basket and broom
2 parts, total 129 x 32 cm (50 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
M36.KOD.11880.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
A Retrograde Step, 2011
A Retrograde Step, 2011
wood block print in 4 colors on Fabriano paper
edition of 5 + 1 AP, ed. 1/5
120 x 80 cm (47 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.)
M36.KOD.11896.E
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Revolution Always Comes From Below, 2011
Revolution Always Comes From Below, 2011
marble held in a spray painted metal hook
70 x 0 x 5 cm (27 1/2 x x 2 in.)
M36.KOD.11892.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Illusion Is the Competence, 2011
Illusion Is the Competence, 2011
Varnish and enamel on wood, reed swab brush on a string,
wooden receptacle, two unidentified wooden objects, green marble slab
5 parts, total 227 x 127 x 73 cm (89 3/8 x 50 x 28 3/4 in.)
M36.KOD.11883.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Attitude Is Literally Defrauding, 2011
Attitude Is Literally Defrauding, 2011
enamel and varnish on calabash
130 x 90 x 117.4 cm (51 1/8 x 35 3/8 x 46 1/4 in.)
M36.KOD.11894.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Smiling Terror, 2011
Smiling Terror, 2011
varnish on yellow ore and on red and yellow copper
85 x 35 cm (33 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.) ø
M36.KOD.11881.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
All Modern People Will, 2011
All Modern People Will, 2011
resin and fired clay on spray painted metal foot,
laminated wooden base
150 x 66 x 50 cm (59 x 26 x 19 5/8 in.)
M36.KOD.11893.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Painstakingly Realistic, 2011
Painstakingly Realistic, 2011
varnish on copper, spray painted metal foot
172 x 35 x 15 cm (67 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
M36.KOD.11888.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Creative Restrictions Inherent to Flatness, 2011
Creative Restrictions Inherent to Flatness, 2011
varnished and enamel on wood, glazed ceramic candle holder,
wooden container on spray painted metal stick and an
ennobled coconut shell part, laminated wooden shelf
7 parts, total 172.5 x 67 x 36 cm (67 7/8 x 26 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
M36.KOD.11895.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Theoretical and Practical Work, 2011
Theoretical and Practical Work, 2011
glazed ceramic, wooden pedestral
total 54.5 x 67 x 30 cm (21 1/2 x 26 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
M36.KOD.11909.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Stragglers and Laggards, 2011
Stragglers and Laggards, 2011
enamel and varnish on birch wood, varnish on copper, resin, plastic,
part of a coconut shell, metal rod and sprayed enamel on metal
124 x 63 x 61.5 cm (48 7/8 x 24 3/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
M36.KOD.11884.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Waterfall In Slow Motion, 2011
Waterfall In Slow Motion, 2011
varnish and enamel on metal, varnish on wood,
iron wire and a piece of string
155.5 x 125 x 150 cm (61 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 59 in.)
M36.KOD.11889.O
KOENRAAD DEDOBBELEER
Stylized for an Article of Everyday Use, 2011