Monika Larsen Dennis (*1963)
The Kiss
Title
The Kiss
Dating
2005
Material/Technique
Marble
Dimensions
Mått 152,00 x 118,00 x 120,00 cm
Edition
2/4
Category
Inventory number
GKM 2012-24
Acquisition
Gift of Hobohm-Hielte with the Association of Friends of the Gothenburg Museum of Art, 2012
Display Status
Description
An artist who likes to make much of art history is Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963). Several of her works present revisions or reinterpretations of art history’s »classic« gestures and motifs. The Kiss (2005) is Larsen Dennis’s take on Auguste Rodin’s famous marble sculpture from the late nineteenth century. The material is the same, but instead of showing a kissing couple, she uses the negative image of the two bodies. At the same time as turning sculptural form inside out, she explores concepts such as trust, confidence, and confrontation.
Anna Hyltze from The Collection Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg 2014
Exhibition History
Göteborg, Göteborgs konstmuseum, 21/09/2013 - 02/02/2014
Literature
Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Björn Fredlund, Anna Hyltze, Philippa Nanfeldt, Isabella Nilsson, Johan Sjöström, Samlingen Göteborgs konstmuseum, red. Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Anna Hyltze, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Göteborg 2014., p. 464, ill. p. 470