CAKE
Yngve Holen’s practice draws on industrial design and its applications. Known for his meticulous cuts of everyday objects, for the first time with the work CAKE the artist turned to a mass-produced luxury symbol: a Porsche Panamera coupe. Interested in the incongruity of this racing car, designed both as a sportscar and a family vehicle that seats four, Yngve Holen questions whether the notions of speed and safety are compatible by slicing the car into four sections using a diamond wire. Once cut and no longer functional, the car was presented as an anatomical cross-section, cut sides exposed, the better to reveal its bowels and former power. The work therefore puts an end to an ultimate object of desire as much as it questions the capacity to redistribute wealth equally.
Exhibitions
Galeries Lafayette Champs-Elysées , Paris (France)
from 04 Oct to 23 Oct 2022
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (Allemagne)
from 13 Aug to 13 Sep 2020
The colette store, Paris (France)
from 19 Jun to 05 Aug 2017
Lafayette Anticipations - Fondation Galeries Lafayette, Paris (France)
from 11 Oct to 23 Oct 2016
Kunsthalle Basel, Bâle (Suisse)
from 13 May to 14 Aug 2016
Yngve Holen dissèque des machines à laver, éviscère des distributeurs et scanne des portables écrasés. Il s’intéresse aux machines qui marquent notre quotidien en analysant leur capacité à nous pousser à la consommation. Son travail utilise des techniques de production industrielle pour s’attaquer aux symboles de force et de vitesse tels que la voiture ou l’avion et repenser ainsi l’être humain, ses limites et sa fragilité à l’heure des nouvelles technologies.
Né en 1982 à Braunschweig (Allemagne), Yngve Holen a étudié à la HfBK Städelschule de Francfort, dont il est sorti diplômé en 2010. Il vit et travaille actuellement à Berlin.
