Placed together in the expansive, sparsely installed main gallery, the cocktail of visual seductions and visceral assaults of Image is an Orphan contrasts with the deathlike presence of the pair of sculptures made of
cast synthetic polymer: Cold Horizontal (IMAGE) and Cold Horizontal (BODY).
Andro Wekua Untitled, 2014
Synthetic hair, silicone, wax, polymer plaster, PU foam, steel, glass, synthetic rope, aluminum cast, fabric, motors, electronics, and mechanics Installation view, Kölnischer Kunstverein, 2016 Photo: Simon Vogel Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels © An
Synthetic hair, silicone, wax,
polymer plaster, PU foam, steel, glass,
synthetic rope, aluminum cast, fabric, motors, electronics, and mechanics Installation view, Kölnischer Kunstverein, 2016 Photo: Simon Vogel Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels © An
synthetic rope, aluminum
cast, fabric, motors, electronics, and mechanics Installation view, Kölnischer Kunstverein, 2016 Photo: Simon Vogel Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels © Andro Wekua
Synthetic polymer and oil on
cast polyvinyl with clothing, hair, eyeglasses, watch, shoes, upholstered wood chair, ceramic dog with collar, woven rug, postcard, letters, and envelopes, 46 1/8 × 50 1/2 × 48 in.