The complexly refracted glow of the sulphur is potentiated inside these boxes, but shadows also collect under the half-closed lids. As a gentle counterpoise the shadows settle in the crusty sulphur walls, opposing the magic of light with rough, physical textures.
Christoph Vögele 2016
IL722
Untitled, 1993-1994
Ohne Titel, 1993-1994
Sulphur, glue, sawdust and plaster on jute over cardboard box
18 x 32.3 x 27 cm
Archive number S/S 4
Stiftung Situation Kunst, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2021
Exhibitions
Galerie des Beaux Arts, Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Bruxelles 1994
Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau 1996
Landesgalerie am Österreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz 1997
Villa Haiss, Zell 1999
Ausstellungshalle Kraft, Basel 2000
Kunstuseum Solothurn 2016
Catalogues
Aarau 1996, p 53 (ill). Solothurn 2016, p 153 (ill)
Texts
Becerra 1994, p 3. Cart 1995, pp 21-25. McEvilley 1995. Rickman 1995. Lüscher/Resseler 1996, pp 86-89. Hein 1998, pp 93-97. Herzog 1999, pp 70-71. Vögele 2016, p 19, p 33
Photography
Dona De Carli