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Article: TOBIAS REHBERGER.
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- Artforum International
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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GALERIE BARBEL GRASSLIN
The objects exhibited in "Fragments of their pleasant spaces (in my fashionable version)" have a peculiar provenance. Tobias Rehberger asked five friends for a description of a "comfortable niche"; then, taking their responses, he created five groups of furniture, painstakingly executed, including a seemingly Arp-inspired seating area and a wood stand that facilitates watching the news on TV while cooking, titled Cutting, preparing, without missing anything, and being happy about what comes next (all works 1999). Another piece, a wide, cushioned platform set on a carpet with a side table sporting built-in shelves, is called Lying around ...
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