这件作品是瑞士艺术家乌尔斯·菲舍尔在新装置作品中创作的独一无二的雕塑，但正如它的标题所暗示的那样，这件孤独的作品由几个不同的部分组成。在这块碎片的核心处矗立着一个真人大小的犀牛的铝制复制品，它具有磁性，吸引了一些人造物体进入它的大轨道。真空吸尘器、踏脚凳、马桶、车门和煎锅都紧紧抓住它布满皱纹的金属皮肤。
URS FISCHER, “Things(2017), Milled aluminum, steel, power magnets, two-compo
nent epoxy adhesive, 125 1/4 x 204 3/8 x 118 1/2 inches (318 x 519 x 301 cm), Edition 1 of 3 & 1 AP, © Urs Fischer. Photo: Robert McKeever. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.Things stands poised as the singular sculpture in a new installation by Swiss artist Urs Fischer, yet like its title might suggest, the lone work is composed of several disparate parts. At the piece’s core stands a life-size aluminum copy of a rhinoceros with a magnetic presence that has attracted several man-made objects into its grand orbit. A vacuum cleaner, step stool, toilet, car door, and frying pan all cling to its wrinkled me
tallic skin.The work questions one’s attraction to and use of everyday objects, co
nsidering how and what we accumulate as we move through our individualized worlds. “‘Art’ has always been a word for this thing that can’t be rationalized, when you see or hear something that you struggle to explain,says Fischer in a press release a
bout Things. “But that’s its strength, of course.”The massive aluminum work is on view at a disused bank at 511 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan through June 23, 2018. This installation coincides with Fischer’s exhibition of new paintings titled Sōtatsu, which also runs through June 23 at Gagosian Gallery's 980 Madison Avenue location. (via The New York Times)URS FISCHER, “Things(2017), Milled aluminum, steel, power magnets, two-compo
nent epoxy adhesive, 125 1/4 x 204 3/8 x 118 1/2 inches (318 x 519 x 301 cm), Edition 1 of 3 & 1 AP, © Urs Fischer. Photo: Stefan Altenburger. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.URS FISCHER, “Things(2017), Milled aluminum, steel, power magnets, two-compo
nent epoxy adhesive, 125 1/4 x 204 3/8 x 118 1/2 inches (318 x 519 x 301 cm), Edition 1 of 3 & 1 AP, © Urs Fischer. Photo: Stefan Altenburger. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.URS FISCHER, “Things(2017), Milled aluminum, steel, power magnets, two-compo
nent epoxy adhesive, 125 1/4 x 204 3/8 x 118 1/2 inches (318 x 519 x 301 cm), Edition 1 of 3 & 1 AP, © Urs Fischer. Photo: Stefan Altenburger. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.URS FISCHER, “Things(2017), Milled aluminum, steel, power magnets, two-compo
nent epoxy adhesive, 125 1/4 x 204 3/8 x 118 1/2 inches (318 x 519 x 301 cm), Edition 1 of 3 & 1 AP, © Urs Fischer. Photo: Stefan Altenburger. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.URS FISCHER, “Things(2017), Milled aluminum, steel, power magnets, two-compo
nent epoxy adhesive, 125 1/4 x 204 3/8 x 118 1/2 inches (318 x 519 x 301 cm), Edition 1 of 3 & 1 AP, © Urs Fischer. Photo: Stefan Altenburger. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.
