DAVID DELLAGI / INSANITORIUM / GALLERI CHRISTOFFER EGELUND / COPENHAGEN 2012

It is with great pleasure that Galleri Christoffer Egelund presents ”Insanitorium”. In this show Danish artist David Dellagi presents sculptures and collages where fear, struggle, innocence and sexual frustration are humorously presented. His motifs seems to express a certain state of mind in a very direct and urgent manner, and his works clearly reveal an interest in surrealism as well as cartooning. Among Dellagi’s exhibited works is the piece “Telephone”, a sculpture of a female torso turned into an old fashioned telephone. The woman seems to shout: “How did I end up here?” Dellagi’s sculptures are made from papier maché, an unpretentious material which is a fine contrast to the horrid and naïve. Also shown is a collection of Dellagi’s collages. These present a more minimalist approach mixed with fantasy, humor, insanity and the anatomic grotesque. 

David Dellagi (f. 1970) works with drawing, collage, sculpture, video and animation. In addition to numerous exhibitions at home, Dellagi’s works has also been shown in Los Angeles and Stockholm etc. In 2012 Dellagi has a solo show in Mexico City, and his works will be presenting by Space of Drawings at Art Herning in the end of January. Dellagi lives and works in Copenhagen.