"Ecce Humor (2016)"
Signed and numbered 5/20 editions for Artlover 2016. Stainless steel, height 28 cm.
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Bigert & Bergström are driven by a strong vision: to illuminate the global challenges that shape our present - and our future. Since the late 1980s, they have consistently explored environmental and climate issues, long before they became one of the most pressing concerns of our time. Today, their art is more relevant than ever.
By uniting scientific findings with technical precision and a strong aesthetic presence, they create works that resonate deeply. Their art embodies how natural resources are rapidly depleting and how humanity itself is driving the global environmental crisis. At the same time, they manage, with humour and sharpness, to make the complex accessible - without losing the seriousness.
The conceptual, visual, and tactile interplay in an art that engages all the senses. Materials and ideas are drawn from research trips and actions around the world, giving the works both authenticity and international grounding.
With artistic power and intellectual acuity, Bigert & Bergström approach the big questions - those that concern us all, both as individuals and as a global community.