Thomas Hirschhorn’s Imaginary Booze-Up

 

Thomas Hirschhorn has deviated little from the modus operandi that established his reputation during the mid-to-late 1990s. His unruly presence has become ubiquitous in biennials, and his name synonymous with pedagogical pavilions and jerry-built altars made from repurposed materials such as cardboard, duct tape and expanding foam. The ingredients of his current show are several thousand empty beer bottles combined with an array of mismatched secondhand furniture, kitsch ornaments and various other household oddments; all ‘locally sourced’ jetsam that could potentially be returned to their points of origin. A sprawling, chaotic installation such as this is unusual nowadays on the commercial gallery circuit, where the typical fare is discrete sculptures and paintings that offer variations on a theme.

 

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