Alex Da Corte: Die Hexe

Alex Da Corte

Luxembourg & Dayan, New York

February 26 - April 11, 2015


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The solo exhibition Alex Da Corte: Die Hexe was presented by Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, in 2015. For Die Hexe, translating to “the witch” in German, Da Corte created a site-specific installation that consumed the gallery’s East 77th Street townhouse, turning it into an implausible and fantastical combination of dollhouse and haunted house. Visitors explored familiar imagery and obscure biographical references that mingled, repeated, and morphed into new provocations—inviting reflections upon memory, impulse, the stability of knowledge, and what constitutes value in a work of art.

Constituting Da Corte’s largest installation then to date, Die Hexe introduced a broader audience to the work of an admired Philadelphia-based artist whose first major museum solo exhibition opened at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) in March 2016.

Selected Artworks

    • Alex Da Corte
    • Act 1, Scene 1 (end table), 2015
    • Wooden table, fake candied apples, woven baskets, candlesticks
    • 84 × 79½ × 16¾ inches (213.4 × 201.9 × 42.5 cm)
    • Alex Da Corte
    • Act 2, Scene 1 (rocking chair), 2015
    • Hand-braided rug with Mike Kelley remake, mechanized rocking chair, stool, and pumpkin
    • 103½ × 148½ inches (262.9 × 377.2 cm)
    • Alex Da Corte
    • Act 3, Scene 1 (pantry), 2015
    • Pantry with wooden slat walls, various objects, Haim Steinbach remake
    • 78½ × 133 inches (199.4 × 337.8 cm) with adjustable drop ceiling
    • Alex Da Corte
    • Act 3, Scene 2 (cadaver drawer), 2015
    • Mirrored wall with cadaver drawers, Robert Gober drain remake, mouthwash, and floor treatment
    • 112 × 126 inches 284.5 × 320 cm (mirror wall dimensions)
    • 28 inches (71.1 cm) drawer depth (with an additional 50½ inches [128.3 cm] behind the wall)