Happy Mechanics
Knut Henrik Henriksen, Lubaina Himid, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Ellen Lesperance, Nancy Lupo, Manfred Pernice, Stuart Sherman, Hayley Tompkins, Amelie von Wulffen, B. Wurtz
18 November 2021 – 29 January 2022










Nancy Lupo, Train, 2015, three fifty-five-gallon Rubbermaid Brute containers, two thirty-two-gallon Wisconsin Badgers Rubbermaid Brute Containers, two thirty-two-gallon Huskee containers, two thirty-two-gallon Rubbermaid Brute containers (vented), toilet paper, real cherries, fake cherries, chocolate soccer balls, quail eggs, Babybel cheese, red plastic liners, and Rubbermaid Brute trainable dolly system, 94 × 765 × 78 cm

Nancy Lupo, Train, 2015 [detail]

Manfred Pernice, Molly, 2017, various woods, plastic, ceramic, paper, paint,155 x 70 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Keith Hunter [detail]

Ellen Lesperance, Fighting Amazon (Throwing Urn), 2014, pigmented slip on terracotta, compost-dyed silk, 30.4 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm

Knut Henrik Henriksen, Monument Without a Cause, 2009, wallpaper, 55 x 7 x 10 cm

B. Wurtz, Untitled, 1997, plywood, plastic bag, wooden doll, rope, 61 x 97.8 cm. Courtesy the artist
and Kate MacGarry, London. Photo: Angus Mill

Amelie von Wulffen, Untitled (Tree hugger), 2017–2020, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: Gunter Lepkowski

Hayley Tompkins, Sleeve, 2016, acrylic paint on cotton, 66 x 18.7 x 9 cm. Courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute / Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Ruth Clark

Hayley Tompkins, The Shirt Says I Feel I, 2021, acrylic, shirt, stick, 81 x 12 x 12 cm. Courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute / Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Ruth Clark

Manfred Pernice, <anexo> 2, 2013, spray paint and enamel paint on frame, 42.5 x 42.5 x 4 cm. Courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Keith Hunter

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Lasagna Pan, CA. 1990, aluminium foil tray, pipe cleaners, plastic wrap, staples, and other mixed media, 34 x 28 cm. Courtesy the artist, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York and Jan Kaps, Cologne. Photo: Paul Schöpfer

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Lasagna Pan, CA. 1990, aluminium foil tray, pipe cleaners, plastic wrap, staples, and other mixed media, 34 x 28 cm. Courtesy the artist, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York and Jan Kaps, Cologne. Photo: Paul Schöpfer

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Lasagna Pan, CA. 1990, aluminium foil tray, pipe cleaners, plastic wrap, staples, and other mixed media, 34 x 28 cm. Courtesy the artist, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York and Jan Kaps, Cologne. Photo: Paul Schöpfer

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Lasagna Pan, CA. 1990, aluminium foil tray, pipe cleaners, plastic wrap, staples, and other mixed media, 34 x 28 cm. Courtesy the artist, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York and Jan Kaps, Cologne. Photo: Paul Schöpfer