Drama Queens

The video shows a puppet theatre with six iconic sculptures serving as actors on a stage. Personifying their respective creators (Jeff Koons, Barbara Hepworth, Alberto Giacometti, Ulrich Rückriem, Hans Arp, and Sol LeWitt), the sculptures move around on stage and talk with one another. A discussion begins, at first thoughtful and analytical, but then ever more vicious. Different temperaments and personalities emerge as Hepworth’s sculpture Elegy III interacts with Rückriem’s massive Untitled and Koons’ hyperactive Rabbit. Instead of coming across as high art, the sculptures become ever more petty, self-righteous, arrogant, and moody. Drama Queens explores the function and significance of the spaces and institutions that art exists within. Sculptures from different periods interact with one another in a way unlike the silent interaction we as viewers are accustomed to in a museum. Drama Queens deals with certain aspects relating to the essence of art, using specific, iconic sculptures from the modern era to take a self-critical look at the history it is a part of itself.

Text: Randi Godø