Our images from the Elmgreen & Dragset exhibition at Galerie Perrotin

 

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Recess time has come and our favorite duo of Scandinavian artists offers us a little game... Barely satisfied by their success at the Center Pompidou-Metz, Elmgreen & Dragset invites us to the Galerie Perrotin to discover some of their latest creations, scratching the surface of the leisure activities enjoyed by the younger generation. Virtual reality headsets screwed on their heads, noses glued to the screens and looking somewhat dazed, the characters of Elmgreen & Dragset timidly rushes into the room. The more hesitant the gestures, the more the scene lends itself to smiling. Then suddenly, the coup de grace with the fierce title of this seemingly innocent work: This is how we play together. The tongue-in-cheek Danish-Norwegian couple, masters of irreverent sculptures and installations, cultivate the art of impertinence and this formidable exhibition will be no exception. The two men reveal here a dystopian and absurd vision of contemporary life with biting irony in a masterful presentation of our human behavior. A comical and grating exhibition which draws its inspiration from the failings of a somewhat shaky society thanks to sculptures that are undoubtedly a little too realistic...

 

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