Artwork of the month - video (39 sec)
Box of Pandora
Year | 2020 |
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Size | 29.5 cm x 21.0 cm x 6.0 cm |
Materials | Colouring pencils, paint, varnish, metal (Dibond), plastic, glue |
Options | / |
Edition | 1/1 |
For Sale | Yes, contact our gallery Fred&Ferry (Antwerp, BE) |
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R&F F&R are mostly known for their large-scale mural drawings and installations. Smaller, tactile pencil works are (to date, 2022) very rare within the oeuvre of the duo. This particular drawing has been made on a sheet of aluminium composite. The artists removed the top layer of the Dibond and prepared the surface with thick, white wall paint. As a result, the colours of the pencils in combination with the structured surface take on an almost painterly quality.
The drawing depicts the F&R R&F clay tablets: a duo, Robbert&Frank, the dynamic of a dialogue. Both figures are interacting with a laptop. The laptop seems to be unlocking a digital portal to a different world; Symbols, Egyptian figures, wooden suitcases and even the Frank&Robbert mantra ‘Go Away Sorrow of the World’ are hidden in this alternative reality.
One of the two figures is wearing a mask of some sort. It resembles one of the masks from Dog Demon Suitcase, a sculptural work the artists have used in various performances in and around Europe and Asia. Dog Demon Suitcase is centred on the idea of shifting identities and playful masquerade.
In this drawing, the mask refers to our digital alter egos and the masquerade of online social activity. What is real and does it still matter? As artists, we believe that the digital transformation of our perception through virtual or augmented reality is as profound a cultural change as was the invention of written language.
How to deal with this monumental shift in culture? Robbert&Frank don’t know the answer, but they consider it their task to document, investigate and formulate alternative possibilities and insights.
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ARTWORKS
Theater
Table Dialogues | 2021 - ongoing | |
Don't we deserve grand human projects that give us meaning? | 2017 - 2021 | |
To Break - The window of opportunity | 2014 - 2015 |
Performances
Alter Ego Surgery | 2009 |
Go away sorrow of the world
Go Away Sorrow of the World
Photo / Video Blog |
2009 - ongoing | |
Mini Suitcase
Sculpture |
2017 | |
Brick
Sculpture / Performance |
2021 - ongoing | |
Go Away Sorrow of the World - LARGE
Sculpture |
2013 | |
Venice
Handmade silkscreen print |
2017 | |
Hong Kong
Handmade silkscreen print |
2018 | |
Dice - 遠離浮世悲哀
Sculpture |
2015 |
Suitcase project
Clay tablets
Hugging | 2020 | |
Helping Hand | 2020 | |
Lunch | 2020 | |
To Break (theatre scene) | 2020 | |
Gemini Ritual | 2019 | |
Mask Totem Pole | 2019 | |
Ritual Fire | 2019 |
Shrines
Burning Shrine at Franks new home
Video |
2021 | |
Magic Mirrors - Shrine
Sculpture |
2021 | |
Shredding Sorrows
Sculpture |
2019 |
(Solo) Exhibitions
Magic Mirrors - Ceramic Shrine
Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (BE) |
2021 | |
Breadcrumbs
Be-Part, Waregem (BE) |
2020 | |
Dr. Valcke
Water Clinic, Kortrijk (BE) |
2015 |
Drawing
Doors of Perception
Wall drawing |
2022 | |
Self-portrait Alter-egos
Drawing |
2020 | |
Box of Pandora
Wall drawing |
2020 | |
R&F F&R Covid 1.0
Wall drawing |
2020 | |
R&F F&R Cosmolgy 1.0
Wall drawing |
2020 |
Weakness is provocative
Other prints, books & editions
Other sculptures & installations
Other video works & projects
PONG
video installation |
2014 | |
Faces
video installation |
2014 | |
The Gilded Child
video |
2010 | |