Thomas Grnfeld (B. 1958)

Three Misfits (94/15)

Details

Thomas Grnfeld (B. 1958)
Three Misfits (94/15)
taxidermy, wood and glass
63 x 102 x 21in. (160 x 260 x 55cm.)
Executed in 1994

Literature

D. Irmas, exibition review, Frieze, Mar.-Apr.1995, p.67.
'Sensation: Young German Artists II' exhibition review, The Times, 13 Sept.1997 (illustrated).
Art Review, Sept.1997, (illustrated in colour on the front cover).
'Young German Artists II' exhibition review, The Face (illustrated in colour).
'Young German Artist II at the Saatchi Gallery' exhibition review, Attitude, Sept.1997 (illustrated).
W. Feaver, 'Four legs good, two wings...er', The Observer, 5 Oct.1997 (illustrated).
'Young German artist 2 at the Saatchi Gallery', Glamour, Nov.1997 (illustrated).

Exhibited

London, The Saatchi Gallery, 'Young German Artists 2', Sept.-Dec. 1997 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue).
Stuttgart, Max Mller, 'Thomas Grnfeld, Selected Works 86-95', 1995, (illustrated in the catalogue).

Lot Essay

"The suggested implications of the 'Misfits' an almost limitless potential for the recombination of biological units are certainly horrific, although with advances in biotechnology and genetic research they are also considerably nearer to reality today than when Grnfeld began working with this subject in 1990. As an artist, however, his responsibility extends to raising moral questions insofar as they overlap with aesthetic ones, but not necessarily to providing the answers." (G. Hilty, 'The Good the Bad and The Ugly, Young German Artists 2 at The Saatchi Gallery', London 1997, p.5.)

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