A beautiful example is the bird’s nest containing one red and two white billiard balls, a bizarre still life. Sorry works that are compositions of objects or installations with an absurd element to them, making them fall out of reality, into the surreal. These often kitschy-looking works are smaller in scale and always thoughtfully put together. Compositions, mostly called Composition Trouvée, are fragments from reality, objects that seem to have been taken from antiquaries or gift shops. In 1995 for instance, he mounted stuffed birds on roofs and lanterns during Documenta 9 in Kassel. Using extreme stereotypes, he creates a sort of ‘archaeology of our time’ in a tragic-comedic, alienating way.īijl has three bodies of work: Situation-installations, where he creates fiction in reality, usually in public space. Bijl shows the audience various aspects of our western “civilisation” and consumer society. In doing this, he had a pioneering role in the resurgence of the ready-made. Since the late 70s, Bijl has created realistic decors using found objects. Guillaume Bijl is known for his large-scale installations and visual realism. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. Interview with Guillaume Bijl / Meredith Rosen Gallery / Art Basel Miami Beach 2022. In this video we take a closer look at the work and talk to the artist about the “Casino” and his work in general. The piece is one of Guillaume Bijl’s earliest “Transformation-installations” of a casino, including the employment of fictional croupiers at the opening. “Casino” is a working casino, first presented at S.M.A.K. As part of the “Survey” sector of Art Basel Miami Beach 2022, which features historical art projects, Meredith Rosen Gallery (New York) exhibited Belgian artist Guillaume Bijl’s work “Casino”.
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