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Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller

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polyurethane, enamel and faux eyelashes
121.5 x 40.5 x 32 cm (47 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Executed in 1995.

 

Provenance

Theoreticalevents, Naples
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1995)
Christie's, London, 21 October 2008, lot 382
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Naples, Theoreticalevents, Killing Children III, 1995
Milan, Fondazione Prada, Synchro System, 22 November 2000 - 7 January 2001

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Born in 1961, German artist Carsten Höller grew up in Brussels. He holds a doctorate in agricultural science and, despite only starting to make art in the 1980s, he also worked as a research entomologist until 1994. Drawing upon his scientific background, Höller typically presents the viewer with confusing or unexpected installations, intended to challenge the viewer into introspection and create a sense of perplexity and excitement coupled with a profound sense of unease. His practice is primarily concerned with human behavioural patterns, altered mental states and questioning logic and visual perception. Höller’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou di Parigi; Tate Collection, London; Luma Foundation, Arles and the Fondazione Prada, Milan, where the present work was included in the artist’s 2000-2001 solo exhibition Synchro System.

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