As Graf and Grüter dismantled clocks for their kinetic Clock Work sculptures, a peculiarly shaped wooden bracket presented itself and became the basis for the new Kartonagen reliefs. They repeatedly hand-replicated this bracket in cardboard, coated each copy in layers of oil pastel, and assembled them in groups of 12. These cardboard replicas, sitting under oil, pigment, and fixative, become a strange record of time, built from Clock Work’s leftovers. 

Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter

Michèle Graf (*1987, CH) and Selina Grüter (*1991, CH) are an artist duo living in New York. They studied media arts at Zurich University of the Arts and participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program. Recent exhibitions and performances include More Clock Work, Fanta-MLN, Milan (IT); The Besieged Courtyard (Il cortile assediato), Istituto Svizzero, Milan (IT); Clock Work, Kunstverein Kevin Space, Vienna (AT); Contradictory Statements, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg (CH); and Sequences, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York (NY).