Anselmo Fox's Dental Material Sculptures Explore Oral Cavity as Avant-Garde Territory
Anselmo Fox, an artist born in 1964 in Mendrisio, Tessin, Switzerland, has dedicated his career to sculpture after studying in Luzern, Basel, and Berlin, where he has resided since 1994. His artistic practice incorporates materials such as bronze, plaster, and dental alginate. In 2001, he unveiled "Le montagne te fanno vedere" near Luzern to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bruder Klaus Museum. This installation showcased a marble sculpture composed of 500 human teeth, a video depicting teeth on a conveyor belt, and film prints from Raymond Roussel's 1914 work "Locus Solus." The piece investigates the anatomical, physiological, and aesthetic significance of teeth, linking them to communication and expression while invoking classical marble sculptures and themes of extraction and visual perception.
Key facts
- Anselmo Fox was born in 1964 in Mendrisio, Tessin, the Italian part of Switzerland
- Fox has lived in Berlin since 1994 after studying in Luzern, Basel, and Berlin
- His work extensively uses dental alginate material for teeth impressions
- The installation "Le montagne te fanno vedere" was shown in 2001 near Luzern, Switzerland
- The installation includes a marble sculpture with about 500 human teeth, a video, and Raymond Roussel novel excerpts
- Fox prepared three contributions for "Waechserne Identitaeten" at Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, from 1 June to 11 August 2002
- The installation was part of an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bruder Klaus Museum in Sachseln
- Fox's work references Joseph Beuys's environment "Voglio vedere le mie montagne" (1950-71)
Entities
Artists
- Anselmo Fox
- Joseph Beuys
- Raymond Roussel
- Marcel Duchamp
- Gilles Deleuze
- Dmitry Prigov
- Vladimir Sorokin
- Valerija Narbikova
- Brigitte Obermayr
- Martial Canterel
- Duchess of Castiglione
- Hubert Damisch
- Hartmut Boehme
- Ziad Mahayni
- Colin Raff
Institutions
- Georg Kolbe Museum
- Bruder Klaus Museum
- Kunsthaus Zurich
- Plurale. Zeitschrift fuer Denkversionen
- ARTMargins Online
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Mendrisio
- Tessin
- Switzerland
- Luzern
- Basel
- Sachseln
- Italy
- Egypt
- Zurich
- Frankfurt am Main
- Paris
- Munich
- Salzburg
- Austria