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Pettersen Hein
Norwegian / Danish

Pettersen Hein Norwegian / Danish

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Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops. Pettersen Hein, All-inclusive Bird Resort. Concrete and pigments, 76 × 75 × 54 cm. Pettersen Hein brings postmodern irony into the memento mori tradition through an ultra-cheerful, colourful concrete birdbath, transforming a melancholy symbol into a holiday destination. Installation view, Vanitas in Use II, Innenkreis.
Detail view of Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops. Pettersen Hein, All-inclusive Bird Resort. Concrete and pigments, 76 × 75 × 54 cm. Pettersen Hein brings postmodern irony into the memento mori tradition through an ultra-cheerful, colourful concrete birdbath, transforming a melancholy symbol into a holiday destination. Installation view, Vanitas in Use II, Innenkreis.
Installation view of Vanitas in Use II at Innenkreis, featuring The Sixth Labour of Hercules, a large green glass centrepiece by Indio Möglich, All-inclusive Bird Resort by Pettersen Hein and Portal Mirror by Charlotte Moreno Kølkjær. Installation view of Vanitas in Use II at Innenkreis, featuring The Sixth Labour of Hercules, a large green glass centerpiece by Indio Möglich, All-inclusive Bird Resort by Pettersen Hein and Portal Mirror by Charlotte Moreno Kølkjær. Photo by Robert Damisch.
Installation view of Vanitas in Use II at Innenkreis, featuring The Sixth Labour of Hercules, a large green glass centrepiece by Indio Möglich, All-inclusive Bird Resort by Pettersen Hein, Portal Mirror by Charlotte Moreno Kølkjær, Triptychs by Et arrangement, Enfold chair by Lærke Ryom and a late Baroque Giltwood Glory (Strahlenkranz). Installation view of Vanitas in Use II at Innenkreis, featuring The Sixth Labour of Hercules, a large green glass centrepiece by Indio Möglich, All-inclusive Bird Resort by Pettersen Hein, Portal Mirror by Charlotte Moreno Kølkjær, Triptychs by Et arrangement, Enfold chair by Lærke Ryom and a late Baroque Giltwood Glory (Strahlenkranz). Photo by Robert Damisch.
Detail view of Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops. Pettersen Hein, All-inclusive Bird Resort. Concrete and pigments, 76 × 75 × 54 cm. Pettersen Hein brings postmodern irony into the memento mori tradition through an ultra-cheerful, colourful concrete birdbath, transforming a melancholy symbol into a holiday destination. Installation view, Vanitas in Use II, Innenkreis.
Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops. Pettersen Hein, All-inclusive Bird Resort. Concrete and pigments, 76 × 75 × 54 cm. Pettersen Hein brings postmodern irony into the memento mori tradition through an ultra-cheerful, colourful concrete birdbath, transforming a melancholy symbol into a holiday destination. Installation view, Vanitas in Use II, Innenkreis.
Back side view of Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops. Pettersen Hein, All-inclusive Bird Resort. Concrete and pigments, 76 × 75 × 54 cm. Pettersen Hein brings postmodern irony into the memento mori tradition through an ultra-cheerful, colourful concrete birdbath, transforming a melancholy symbol into a holiday destination. Installation view, Vanitas in Use II, Innenkreis.

Pettersen Hein

All-inclusive Bird Resort
Concrete and pigments.
76 x 75 x 54 cm
29 7/8 x 29 1/2 x 21 1/4 in
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Detail view of Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Installation view of Vanitas in Use II at Innenkreis, featuring The Sixth Labour of Hercules, a large green glass centrepiece by Indio Möglich, All-inclusive Bird Resort by Pettersen Hein and Portal Mirror by Charlotte Moreno Kølkjær.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Installation view of Vanitas in Use II at Innenkreis, featuring The Sixth Labour of Hercules, a large green glass centrepiece by Indio Möglich, All-inclusive Bird Resort by Pettersen Hein, Portal Mirror by Charlotte Moreno Kølkjær, Triptychs by Et arrangement, Enfold chair by Lærke Ryom and a late Baroque Giltwood Glory (Strahlenkranz).
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Detail view of Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 7 ) Back side view of Pettersen Hein’s All-inclusive Bird Resort, a sculptural concrete birdbath with a rough, heavily textured surface in mottled yellow, green, pink and grey pigments, formed from irregular stacked volumes with hollow openings and basin-like tops.
Pettersen Hein brings postmodern irony into the memento mori tradition through an ultra-cheerful, colourful concrete birdbath, All-inclusive Bird Resort, that flips a melancholy symbol into a holiday destination.
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