Daniel Spoerri
The Cup
The Cup
1991, 71 cm
Ø 104 cm
bronze, red marble from Verona
An oversized cup atop an antique capital: both were found by the flea market bargain hunter, Daniel Spoerri, who loves nothing better than to subvert what we are accustomed to see and to irritate the viewer, whether it is through unusual combinations, changes of perspective (when he freezes a set table and hangs it vertically on the wall) or through altering the scale. The giant cup finds its echo in the miniature Eiffel Tower for Nam June Paik (No. 71).