With Shingles (2011), for example, Carl Andre's floor - based metal works meet their working - class counterpart, as copper plates are exchanged for patterns of overlapping asphalt roofing tiles; Siding (2011), meanwhile, replaces Donald Judd's shiny metal cubes with the work's namesake — and very plebeian —
exterior vinyl wallcovering found on many a tract house; and by simply lifting a marble countertop off the bathroom sink and onto the
wall, Counter (2012) proves that even the slightest of gestures, such as a change of orientation and context, can
render foreign something familiar — the everyday as convincing art object.
To design this bizarre Oslo studio / residence, Melgaard has been collaborating with Snøhetta, of New York's World Trade Center Memorial Pavilion fame, and, from cad
renderings of mutable s / m chambers to maquettes of decomposing
exterior walls, the ICA is strewn with their plans.
The
exterior was made prettier with white
render and
wall - hung tiles while, back inside, bedrooms were decorated and an en - suite dressing room and bathroom added.