It’s a philosophy that’s worked for the most successful artist duo in the world. Now, the National Gallery of Victoria has acquired four of their installations.
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset met in a Copenhagen nightclub in 1994. Elmgreen, a Dane, was writing and performing poetry, while Dragset, a Norwegian, was involved in the theatre. Somehow, they decided to combine forces and make art. (“It can be good not to learn how to do things in a ‘correct’ way,” says Dragset.)
Today they are probably the most successful artist duo in the world, producing a constant stream of exhibitions that use sculpture and installation to cast a critical eye on our ever-changing physical and mental environment.
