February 27, 2018
2-TIMES • Art
Magnus Plessen,
‘Mess Dress
Mess Undress’
@ White Cube
—
“Depicting human
subjects radically
fractured & removed
from context, in
compositions that
push beyond the
traditional parameters
of representation...”
‘Mess Dress,
Mess Undress’:
Plays, in part, on
the double meaning
of the word ‘mess’
—
Referring either
to a place where
soldiers congregate,
socialise or eat,
or as a term for
disarray, confusion
or jumble.
Inspired by:
German pacifist
Ernst Friedrich’s
seminal anti-war
book War Against
War (1924).
The exhibition:
Is Plessen's first solo
in Hong Kong with
White Cube, featuring
new paintings and
drawings from his
‘1914’ series, which
are accompanied by
a selection of intricate
paper collages by the
Hamburg-born artist.
2-TIMES highlights:
· Untitled (38), 2017
· Untitled (42), 2018
On view at:
White Cube
—
50 Connaught Rd
Central, Central,
Hong Kong.
Closes:
March 17, 2018.
Magnus Plessen @ White Cube
PHOTOGRAPHY /
© 2018
Magnus Plessen
—
Courtesy of
The Artist
&
White Cube
—
Photos,
Kitmin Lee
&
Jochen
Littkemann
CREDITS /













