Elmgreen & Dragset's constructed environments have been celebrated all
over the world for their mischievous, cerebral, and accessible nature.
This is the first comprehensive presentation of the duo's work, from
their early performative pieces in the late 1990s to their most recent
public projects
Drawing from disciplines as divergent as institutional critique, social
politics, performance, design, and architecture, Elmgreen & Dragset's
work reconfigures the familiar with characteristic and subversive wit.
Their sculptures and installations, also known as 'Powerless
Structures', have redefined what it means to experience art - the cover
features their work Van Gogh's Ear, a sculpture in the form of a
swimming pool, which is located on Fifth Avenue in New York at the
entrance to the Rockefeller Center.
This book includes all of their most significant projects, from the
transformation of New York's Bohen Foundation into a subway station in
2004, to the siting of a fake Prada boutique in the Texan desert in
2005, and the installation of the statue of a child on a rocking horse
on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2012.
Elmgreen & Dragset is the latest addition to the acclaimed Phaidon
Contemporary Artists Series.