Trap Image in a Square, 1961–1964

ArtistDaniel Spoerri, Galati *1930

Various found objects on chipboard

(H x W x D)165,5 × 153 × 64 cm

Status

on display, room 028

About the workAt first glance, this work by the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri transports the viewer into a wallpapered bathroom with a table and chair affixed to the wall, as well as a mirror, a tie and some pictures. On the table are dishes in a random arrangement, as if someone had recently been sitting there. In 1960 Spoerri created his first “Trap images”, in which he attached a found constellation of items to a board and hung this on the wall – a panel picture in the most literal sense. The “frozen” objects are thus withdrawn from everyday use.

AccessionAcquisition 1971

Provenance1971 angekauft vom Künstler

Inventory number0.1971.6

Post-War Modernism

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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