What is most striking about David Altmejd’s retrospective at the éedartmoderne is not any individual work, but the weird sense of being at once in a Renaissance gallery with towering superhuman figures reflected in mirrors, and a cabinet de curiosité filled with dead squirrels, precious stones, fruit and wigs. At the same time, and in a very modern way, it is practically impossible to look at the statues without seeing yourself next to them – dwarfed, reflected in broken mirrors and in involuntary selfies. Beautiful exhibit, beautiful use of light and space!

Published November 26, 2014 at 640 × 640 in What is most striking about David Altmejd’s retrospective at the éedartmoderne is not any individual work, but the weird sense of being at once in a Renaissance gallery with towering superhuman figures reflected in mirrors, and a cabinet de curiosité filled with dead squirrels, precious stones, fruit and wigs. At the same time, and in a very modern way, it is practically impossible to look at the statues without seeing yourself next to them – dwarfed, reflected in broken mirrors and in involuntary selfies. Beautiful exhibit, beautiful use of light and space!