For Die Hexe (“The Witch” in German), the artist Alex Da Corte has created a site-specific installation in Luxembourg & Dayan gallery, turning it into a cross between a dollhouse and a haunted house. As a visitor you will take a journey through the house full of familiar pictures and biographical references.
The intention of the artist is to invite you to think about memory, impulse, the stability of knowledge, and what constitutes value in a work of art. Visitors will find themselves guided from one gallery space to the next, from one floor to another. In each mise en scene along the way, Da Corte has embedded an artwork by another artist who serves him as foil or father figure. Sculptures by Robert Gober, Mike Kelley, Bjarne Melgaard, and Haim Steinbach thus appear out of context like unannounced guests, familiar yet estranged. These iconic works of art – all originally intended by their makers to question modes of presentation, among other things – are subjected to a strange rebirth.
When: until April 11th, 2015
Where: Luxembourg & Dayan – 64 East 77th Street – New York City
