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Belle du Mardi, belle du Mecredi, belle du Jeudi, belle du Vendredi, belle du Samedi

日期
28.06.2022 | 02.07.2022
画廊
Pièce Unique
文件
PRESS RELEASE

MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique is delighted to present its first exhibition of Austrian artist collective Gelitin.

Arguably the world’s most recognizable artwork, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa finds itself playfully subverted in a new series of various sizes and shapes, in plasticine, glass and other mixed media.

Despite the works’ bright colors, their somewhat comical, and intentionally naif re-interpretation of Da Vinci’s iconic painting leave the viewer with a sense of discomfort, opening the door to further considerations. Firstly, by turning this unique art historical masterpiece into a series – begun in 2007 and restarted in 2020 - Gelitin face us with the reality of Walter Benjamin’s seminal The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction: the Mona Lisa has been seen, reproduced and copied to such an extent that even its parody is instantly recognizable, whilst still contributing to strengthening its importance and “universality”. The Mona Lisa is no longer a unique, covetable work. Instead, it becomes one of many. “Bad artists borrow, great artists steal” this idea, attributed to Picasso, is particularly fitting, also because Gelitin reproduced Picasso’s Guernica in a similar plasticine series, questioning the limits of authorship and originality. Furthermore, the use of plasticine immediately alludes to children’s all time favourite: playdough. Far from a “noble” art historical material, its pastiness gives the works texture and depth, making the artsits’ touch clearly visible in the composition. More that paintings, Gelitin’s Mona Lisa series are more akin to wall sculptures, playing with volume and three

dimensions. Bulging noses, single eyes, ball-shaped heads… the Mona Lisa is kneaded like bread as it passes through the filter of Gelitin’s transformative manipulations, to emerge, cartoon-like on the other side. As if from an alternate reality, the 21st Century Mona Lisa is still as iconic, perhaps even more likeable now that she is taken down from her pedestal…

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GELITIN是一个由四位艺术家 — WOLFGANG GANTNER,ALI JANKA,FLORIAN REITHER和TOBIAS URBAN — 组成的艺术家团体。他们自1978年相识,在随后的这些年开展了越来越多的合作,1993年正式以团体名义参展。他们目前居住生活在维也纳。


GELITIN的作品包括广泛的媒介,从表演和装置到雕塑和新媒体。尽管多样,其作品有一个共同的目标:挑战作品与观者之间的传统关系。


GELITIN常邀请观者参与到作品中,鼓励观者成为共同创作及合作者,而不只是被动的观众。某些情况下,他们甚至会破坏作品,模糊创作与拆除之间的界限。


通过幽默、自发性、童真和大胆感性的独特融合,GELITIN已成为艺术界的先锋力量。他们的作品使观者从全新视角看待世界,并接受意想不到的事情。通过模糊艺术与生活的界限,GELITIN提供了一种有趣而富有想象力的逃离世俗的方式。