A Death in Venice: Elmgreen & Dragset

Queen Sonja of Norway, wearing trousers, looks down at part of Danish and Nordic installation by Elmgreen & Dragset.

Alberto Pellaschiar / AP Photo

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Porcelain collection
Courtesy Massimo De Carlo

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Martin Jacobson, Painter I & II, 2008
Ink washed drawings on paper, 102 x 73 cm (each)

Norway Says, Duo, 2008
Wool, wood, 180 (170) x 90 (85) x 75 cm (135 cm folded up)

Elmgreen & Dragset, Interior Design / Staircase, 2009
Courtesy of the artists

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Nina Saunders, Delicate Landscape, 2009
Mixed media, 77 x 120 x 118 cm

Elmgreen & Dragset, Table for Bergman, 2009
Wood, paint, perspex, chairs, glassware, cutlery, hand painted, porcelain, 90 x 605 x 230 cm, Courtesy of the artists

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Klara Lidén, Teenage Room, 2009
Mixed media installation, 270 x 435 x 430 cm Courtesy of Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York

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Jonathan Monk, Maquette for a Giant Spinning O, 2006
Aluminum, Courtesy of Galleri Nicolai

Norway Says, Cyclos, 2006
Floor lamp, aluminum, plastic, Produced by Lucente, Courtesy of the designers

Nina Saunders, Payload, 2009
Mixed media, 105 x 205 x 108 cm

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Jani Leinonen, Anything Helps, 2005-2009
Begging signs, frames, Dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist

Elmgreen & Dragset, Table for Bergman, 2009
Wood, paint, perspex,chairs, glassware, cutlery, hand painted porcelain, 90 x 605 x 230 cm, Courtesy of the artists

Elmgreen & Dragset, Rosa, 2006
Gilded brass, steel, fiber glass, with epoxy, garments, shoes, 153 x 46 x 44 cm

Nina Saunders, Delicate Landscape, 2009
Mixed media, 77 x 120 x 118 cm, Courtesy Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm

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Nina Saunders, Payload, 2009
Mixed media, 105 x 205 x 108 cm

Guillaume Bijl, Sorry, 1987
Mixed Media, 8 x 15 x 15 cm

Norway Says, Cyclos, 2006
Floor lamp, aluminum, plastic, Produced by Lucente, Courtesy of the designers

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Exterior view of A. Family’s home, the Danish Pavilion
For Sales Sign designed by Elmgreen & Dragset and Jani Leinonen

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Elmgreen & Dragset, Marriage, 2004
2 Mirrors, 2 porcelain sinks, taps, stainless steel tubing, soap, 178 x 168 x 81 cm, Courtesy of VERDEC Collection

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Pepe Espaliu, Carrying VI, 1992
Iron, 143 x 200 x 107 cm, Courtesy of Pepe Cobo

Vibeke Slyngstad, The Nordic Pavilion I, 2009
Oil on canvas, 182 x 260 cm, Courtesy of Galleri MGM, Oslo

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Norway Says, Cyclos, 2006
Floor lamp, aluminum, plastic, Produced by Lucente, Courtesy of the designers

Nina Saunders, Payload, 2009
Mixed media, 105 x 205 x 108 cm

A Death in Venice: Elmgreen & Dragset

In the Biennale’s Danish and Nordic pavilions, artists Elmgreen & Dragset created a surreal installation of modern homes for sale—complete with a murder victim.