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Louis Scherfig: Sightseer 2, 2021.
PVC, chainmail, acrylic paint, spray paint, lights, wire, di-mensions variable.
With his references to the fantasy and science fiction genres, the Danish artist Louis Scherfig creates immersive universes that are built upon sculpture, video, and text and set forward new orders and narratives of possible futures and world developments. The work Sightseer 2 is a glowingly blue ball, not unlike a planet fallen from outer space, or a fortune-telling ball that can be used to guess about forthcoming events and conditions of life. The blue surface is covered by metal armor that also drapes down on the floor. Louis Scherfig’s narratives are not just inspired by fiction of the future. They are also founded on historical waves and beliefs and the artist manages to combine both.
Louis Scherfig (1989, DK) lives and works in Copenhagen and graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Arts in 2018. His practice is not only visual but also text-based. Louis Scherfig has exhibited at Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, DK; Bizarro, DK, and Bianca D’Alessandro, DK, among others. In 2019, he received the prominent Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen’s Talent Award.
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