John Wood & Paul Harrison

MAY 26 2023 – JUL 15 2023
Known for their videos that straddle the lines between tragedy and comedy, John Wood & Paul Harrison will present a large-scale installation titled ‘A film about a city’ alongside new paintings for their solo exhibition in Copenhagen. Wood (*1969) and Harrison (*1966) live and work in Bristol, United Kingdom.
All prices excl. VAT


Light Switch, 2022
Series of ten
Oil on plywood panel
30 x 30 cm
GBP 6.000

Exit, 2023
Series of ten
Oil on plywood panel
30 x 30 cm
GBP 6.000


A Film About a City, 2015
Architectural model of a city / plywood and mixed media
10 tables, each 200 x 100 cm
Price upon request
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The installation, which at von Bartha Copenhagen takes up the entire exhibition space, invites the viewers to discover all of these flawed or even impossible inventions and circumstances, which on further inspection, reveal themselves. The imaginative playfulness of these architectural proposals recalls childrens’ games and childlike imaginings of being a tiny person in a wonderland.
Such a wonderland might be found in the installation A Film about a City. Here, one may imagine moving about between and in and out of the miniature plywood building blocks, experiencing firsthand the struggle of trying to cross the highly inconvenient bridge connecting two parts of the same factory or hanging out in the penthouse apartment of a high-rise that has no other apartments – only the most profitable residence at the top. Or maybe realizing that the long ramp one has been treading along isn’t leading anywhere.

ON/OFF, 2023
Two neon signs
20 x 40 cm and 20 x 57 cm
Edition 1 of 5 + 2 AP
GBP 15.000
