Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset’s Belly Door (2006).Image courtesy of the artists and the Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York.
Knocked Up
The Friedrich Petzel Gallery asked sixteen artists to reinterpret Willem de Kooning’s sixties-era “Door Cycle,†a series of hollow-core wooden doors featuring de Kooning’s grotesque female figures. Berlin-based artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset took a surrealist approach to the challenge. The resulting work (left) could have practical applications, but we’re not entirely sure landlords and neighbors would approve.
–Rachel Wolff