ID: 700008446 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008446	Record Type: Movable Work

Untitled (installation (visual work); Urs Fischer (Swiss installation artist, born 1973, active in...; 2011)

Note: Consists of three wax “life-size” sculptural reproductions: Giabologna’s colossal sculpture Rape of the Sabines, Fischer's friend Rudolf Stingel, and an office chair from the artist’s studio. Each sculpture is lit and gradually melts into a formless mass as it burns throughout the duration of the installation. Fischer created a 1:1 polyurethane foam model of Giambologna’s sculpture using an optical scanner, which he further worked on in his New York studio. A negative was then produced at the art foundry Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen, which was filled with colored wax and a wick system.

Titles:

Untitled (preferred,C,U,AR,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

installation (visual work) [300047896] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 2011

Creator Display:

Urs Fischer (Swiss installation artist, born 1973, active in New York City and Zurich) [preferred,VP]

installation artist Fischer, Urs (Swiss installation artist, born 1973, active in New York City and Zurich) [500293983]

sculptor Giambologna (Flemish sculptor, architect, 1529-1608, active in Italy) Extent: work depicted [500016387]

owner Hoffmann, Maja (Swiss collector, born 1956) [500356840]

Locations:

Current: Private Collection:

Credit Line: Collection Maja Hoffmann

Other: Creation: Sankt Gallen [7007460] (Geographic)

Other: Creation: New York [7007567] (Geographic)

Display Materials: wax, pigments, wicks, steel

	wicks [300181108]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, furnishings components, lighting device components)

	wax [300014585]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	casting (process) [300053104]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

	burning [300228062]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, physicochemical processes)

	melting [300186835]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, physicochemical processes, temperature-related physicochemical processes)

Dimensions: 3 sculptures; installation dimensions variable; Giambologna: 630 x 147 x 147 cm, Rudi: 197 x 69 x 49 cm, Chair: 116 x 72 x 78 cm

Events:

exhibition: June 1-November 24, 2011 Venezia [7018159] ()

exhibition: April 21–August 19, 2013 Los Angeles [7023900] ()

Cultures:

Swiss (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Conceptual [300264827] (preferred,)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

another work (preferred,description)

human figures (description)

history and legend (description)

Specific Subjects:

	Rape of the Sabines [700008442]
	.....(Rape of the Sabines [700008442], Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures [700009484], Movable Works [700000002]) (CONA)

	chair (furniture form) [300037772]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, seating furniture, single seating furniture) (AAT)

	Rudolf Stingel (American painter and conceptual artist, born 1956 in Italy) [500126270]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	memento mori (symbol) [300257053]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, symbols) (AAT)

	time [300133089]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, physics concepts) (AAT)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

Edition: Edition 1 of 2 & 1 AP

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: performance art or installations

Sources and Contributors:
Untitled	........ [VP]
	........ Urs Fischer [online] (2015-) accessed 11 February 2015
	........ Biennale di Venezia, ILLUMInations (2011) accessed 18 February 2015
	........ Fischer, Urs Fischer (2013) 204, 610
	........ Garrett, An illuminating tour around the 54th Venice Biennale (2011) accessed 11 February 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) [online] (2015-) accessed 11 February 2015

....................... Biennale di Venezia, ILLUMInations (2011) accessed 18 February 2015

....................... Fischer, Urs Fischer (2013) 204, 610

....................... Kunstgiesserei [online], (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Biennale di Venezia, ILLUMInations (2011) accessed 18 February 2015
	..... Kunstgiesserei [online], (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015