Enrico David: How do You Love Dzzzzt by Mammy?http://www.vernissage.tv | Enrico David's solo show at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Basel titled bears the cryptical title How do You Love Dzzzzt by Mammy? The exhibition circles around just a few elements: Two photographs showing two small boys occupied with a piano - one of them the artist himself - and a portrait of a man. A second installation presents a room with a scene based on the Surrealist photo collage vielle femme et enfant (ca. 1935) by Dora Maar.
Enrico David, born in 1966 in Ancona, lives and works in London. His work (sculptures, gouaches, embroideries, photographs and installations) feature a broad spectrum of cultural reference systems, including Arte Povera Arte Povera, assemblage, set design and graphic art motifs from the 1920s and 30s, as well as numerous literary sources and elements from craft tradition.
Exhibition walk-through, January 15, 2009.