Vittorio Brodmann, Merlin Carpenter, Sara Deraedt, Rolf Nowotny, Dexter Sinister, Lucie Stahl, curated by Benjamin HirteHard Words
22 May 2014–05 July 2014

Images

Installation view. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Installation view. Hard Words, 2014

Sara Deraedt. Untitled, 2010. Xerox print, magnets. 29,5 x 21 cm. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Sara Deraedt. Untitled, 2010. Xerox print, magnets. 29,5 x 21 cm

Dexter Sinister. Vanity Acid Blotter, 2012. Blotting paper and plinth. 113,5 x 30 x 30 cm. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Dexter Sinister. Vanity Acid Blotter, 2012. Blotting paper and plinth. 113,5 x 30 x 30 cm

Dexter Sinister. Vanity Acid Blotter, 2012 (detail). Blotting paper and plinth. 113,5 x 30 x 30 cm. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Dexter Sinister. Vanity Acid Blotter, 2012 (detail). Blotting paper and plinth. 113,5 x 30 x 30 cm

Merlin Carpenter. The Resistance Movement, 2008. Wool blanket on a stretcher frame. 2 works 142,5 x 112 cm. Courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery, London/Hong Kong. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Merlin Carpenter. The Resistance Movement, 2008. Wool blanket on a stretcher frame. 2 works 142,5 x 112 cm. Courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery, London/Hong Kong

Lucie Stahl. Prayer Wheel, 2013. Beer can and aluminium. 11 x 9 x 9 cm. Installation view. Hard Words, 2014 — Lucie Stahl. Prayer Wheel, 2013. Beer can and aluminium. 11 x 9 x 9 cm

Vittorio Brodmann. As they say in show business, 2014. Oil on canvas. 40 x 30 cm. Courtesy of Gregor Staiger, Zürich. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Vittorio Brodmann. As they say in show business, 2014. Oil on canvas. 40 x 30 cm. Courtesy of Gregor Staiger, Zürich

Benjamin Hirte. Untitled (The Realist), 2014. Aluminium and clockwork. 28,5 x 21,7 cm. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Benjamin Hirte. Untitled (The Realist), 2014. Aluminium and clockwork. 28,5 x 21,7 cm

Benjamin Hirte. Untitled (The Realist, The Post JFK Issue), 2014. Aluminium and clockwork. 28,5 x 21,7 cm. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Benjamin Hirte. Untitled (The Realist, The Post JFK Issue), 2014. Aluminium and clockwork. 28,5 x 21,7 cm

Vittorio Brodmann. Audience Anticipation, 2013. Oil on canvas. 25 x 34 cm. Courtesy of Gregor Staiger, Zürich. Hard Words, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Vittorio Brodmann. Audience Anticipation, 2013. Oil on canvas. 25 x 34 cm. Courtesy of Gregor Staiger, Zürich

Press release

In 1962 the Comedian Lenny Bruce goes into semicrouch on stage, puts a raincoat over his head, sticks the mike down his throat and says the line he’d come to love: We are all going to die. He is right, and he is joking. Understanding this can help.

This exhibition is looking at matters of comedy, satire, hyperrealism, art, and language through jumbo glasses.