THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE
2022

Client
Kestner Gesellschaft

Place
Hannover, Germany
Material
Wood structures, thermo-retractable film, paint

Dimension
1000 m2

Purpose
Scenography of the exhibition “Paula Rego. There and back again” curated by Adam Budak and Alistair Hicks.

The aim of the scenography is to emphasize on the contemporaneity of Paula Rego’s work as well as to echo the violence of the world she describes. Walls to hang her paintings have been designed with protruding parts, giving them a grotesque appearance resembling the grotesque figures of the artist. Their wrapping with thermo-retractable white film, with it stretched and wrinkled parts, give a sense of both tension and sensuality.

Credit
Photo © David Boureau
Photo © Raimund Zakowski

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