Karl HolmqvistThe Hours Of This Watch Is NumberedJanuaryJan 14th - MarchMar 10th, 2012Gaga Mexico City

Gaga is pleased to present The hours of this Watch is Numbered, the second solo show of Swedish artist Karl Holmqvist in the gallery.

The title from the exhibition is a misquote from the already irregular phrase, The Days of this Society is Numbered used by fellow artist Rirkrit Tiravanija. The subject is time and the immanent end of time. In the gallery there are a neon sign, an oversized wine glass, an erased drawing, a basket with marble sugar cubes, a voice-over animation video, a number of wall drawings and their reference material in a vitrine. The works in their various media (all works 2012) are based on quotes and misquotes from a variety of artists, writers, where the gallery comes to form something like a 3d collage, a Gesamtkunstwerk for our time.

Karl Holmqvist began his career as a poet and performer, making readings of poetry from the early 1990s in exhibition venues all over the world. In 2006, Holmqvist first began to show sculptures and objects. His work deals with the phenomenology of time, language and perception, with references ranging from current music hits, to the Situationists and the Beat Generation. His mediums include light, language and text as well as collage, sculpture and animated video.

Special thanks to: Josef Dalle Nogare, Sergio Granados, Antek Walczak & The Maestros

Installation
views

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Works

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (I Want Dandy), 2012
Neon sign, plexi
Ed. 3 + 2

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Erased Walczak), 2012
46.5 x 39.5x 4 cm
Unique

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Marble Sugar Cube Shopping Basket), 2012
Aluminum basquet, marble sugar cubes, tooth brushes, tooth paste, glass, plexi, plinth, 140 x 100 x 158 cm
Unique

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Copa Grande), 2012
Glass, 121cm x 27cm x 27cm
Unique

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Wall drawing), 2012
Magic marker on wall, variables dimensions
Unique

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Wall drawing), 2012
Magic marker on wall, variables dimensions
Unique

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Wall drawing (Barbra Streisand), 2012
Magic marker on wall, variables dimensions
Unique

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Wall drawing (Beba Coca), 2012
Magic marker on wall, variables dimensions
Unique

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Artist’s Research), 2012
Mixed media installation in vitrine, variable dimensions
Unique
“Eat Sugar Spend Money” © Jessica Diamond, 1989

House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered
House of Gaga ❧ The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered

Karl Holmqvist
A is for A=R=A=K=A=W=A, 2012
DVD, Ed. 5 + 1