The exhibition Destroyed Men Come and Go by Enrico David (b. 1966, IT) at KW Institute for Contemporary Art will mark David’s first institutional solo exhibition in Germany and will be devoted solely to his sculptural practice.
David works with sculpture, painting, textiles, and installation, while drawing is also central to his exploration of form. Mining a space between figuration and abstraction, he consistently returns to the body as a point of departure, exploring the human figure as a metaphor for transformation. Conveying the struggle of adaptation of the self and the image, Enrico David’s sculptures critically elaborate on the body’s autonomy through its different stages of non-being and becoming.
In KW’s main hall and on the ground floor, the sculptures will be exhibited in a spatial arrangement without walls, touching upon the concept of nothingness, and setting the scene for a silent non-space; a time without a present, a space of waiting and suspense. Having fallen out of being and caught in a constant mode of performative transformation, the artists anthropomorphic sculptures are punctual confrontations between themselves and their onlooker, caught in a struggle to appear as absolutes.
Enrico David
“Untitled”, 2015
Bronze
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
64 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
163 x 26.5 x 19.5 cm
DAV 152/1
$80,000
Enrico David
“Untitled”, 2015
Polymer plaster, graphite, wood, vinyl, watercolor on paper, cast-iron balls
In two parts, Part 1:
11 1/4 x 96 x 56 inches
28.5 x 224 x 150 cm
Part 2:
21 x 19 x 15 inches
53 x 49 x 37 cm
DAV 155 + DAV 156
$165,000
Enrico David
“Untitled”, 2015
Silkscreen on aluminum
Dimensions variable
DAV 157
$125,000
Enrico David
“Pietra la Croce”, 2019
Wax, plaster, shells
8 x 16 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
20 x 42 x 22 cm
DAV 217
$35,000
Enrico David
“Chéri (Mincer/Aratro)”, 2019
Bronze, brass, rubber, cotton
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
41 1/4 x 22 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches
105 x 58 x 100 cm
DAV 219/3
SOLD
Enrico David
“Usher Me Bye Bye”, 2022
Polymer plaster, brass, wood, high density foam, wax, stainless steel
27 1/2 x 78 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches
70 x 200 x 100 cm
DAV 246
$150,000
Enrico David
“Study for Circulation of the Eye: Our Body and the Body of the Thing”, 2022
Pencil and colored pencil on paper, bronze, rubber, C-prints, peg board, glass, wood
20 x 35 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches
50.5 x 90 x 41.5 cm
DAV 250
SOLD
Enrico David
“Self-Portrait as a Town Planter”, 2023
Glass sand composite, aluminum
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
59 1/2 x 311 3/4 x 178 3/4 inches
151 x 792 x 454 cm
DAV 251/1
$125,000
Enrico David
“Untitled”, 2023
Aluminum, carbon copy monoprint, spray paint, epoxy putty
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
34 1/2 x 26 x 32 1/2 inches
87 x 66 x 82 cm
DAV 252/1
$75,000
Enrico David
“Le Bave (Solar Anus)”, 2023
Patinated cold cast bronze, patinated copper
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
71 1/2 x 128 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches
182 x 327 x 54 cm
DAV 253/1
$225,000
Enrico David
“Delta Racoon”, 2023
Polymer plaster, graphite, black iron oxide, annealed wire, in two parts
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
Plaster:
33 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 63 inches
85 x 85 x 160 cm
Hanging wire:
59 x 59 x 19 3/4 inches
150 x 150 x 50 cm
DAV 254/1
$125,000
Enrico David
“Dame a L’Éponge”, 2023
Copper plated mild steel, glass sand composite, cold cast bronze, bamboo, cotton, sponge
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
76 x 76 1/2 x 11 inches
193 x 194 x 28 cm
DAV 255/1
$100,000
