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Site-specific installation with clay sculptures, paper-mâché and Styrofoam objects, doll, wooden butterflies and video, 2024
The starting point for these works were the collected objects in the “Hall of Royal Valuables” in the Royal Palace in Dresden. The focus was not only on valuable materials such as gold, ivory and pearls, but also on terms such as "cabinet of wonder", "curiosity" and "minority". The intervention is intended to question the logic of collecting itself. Showcases in the historical collection are temporarily equipped with objects from the 21st century to point out defects, misconceptions or false conclusions. The critical approach is combined with the pleasure in the materiality, opulence and decadence of the objects and the place.
The intervention was part of the special exhibition “Admired, collected, and put on display. Disability in Baroque and contemporary art”, Neues Grünes Gewölbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2024.

Photo of five golden objects in a display case: A unicorn, a tortoise, an elephant, a seahorse on shells and a tail fin.
Photos of installation views: Minhye Chu
Photo of a small golden unicorn statue.
Exhibition space with several display cases on red bases. Small wooden butterflies hanging from the ceiling and the portrait of a noble man on the wall.
A long display case with dozens of small objects covering a wall in the exhibition space. Small wooden butterflies hanging from the ceiling.
Photo of three small clay sculptures in a display case. They may be simplified faces or heads One is cube-like, one is a hollow cylinder and one a more organic form lying on the side.
Photo of a small abstract sculpture laying on paper. The sculpture is bone-colored with red and shiny brown dots and sprinkles. The shape is long, but bulky in some parts. On one side it has a ring-like hole. The other end, facing the camera, is like a crater covered with the brown shiny glaze.
Photo of a museum display case with several levels. A Barbie doll with a prosthetic leg is standing on the lower level. It is held in place by transparent plastic packaging. Above it there are several smaller figures, including a soldier with walking aids made of a white material.