Artist: Lars Morell
Exhibition title: Second Sight
Venue: CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Date: November 22, 2015 – January 31, 2016
Photography: images copyright and courtesy of the artist and CINNNAMON, Rotterdam
“Is that you, M. Houdin?”
“Yes, sir – yes.”
“Raise the curtain!” the same voice shouted.
“Wait, wait, it is imp–”
My breath would not allow me to finish my objection; I fell on a chair, unable to move.
“Come, M. Houdin,” the manager said, “DO go on the stage, the curtain is up, and the public are so impatient.”
The door at the back of the stage was open, but I could not pass through it; fatigue and emotion nailed me to the spot. Still, an idea occurred to me, which saved me from the popular wrath.
“Go on to the stage, my boy,” I said to my son, “and prepare all that is wanting for the second-sight trick.”
–Robert-Houdin
Lars Morell (Kristiansand, Norway, 1980) studied at the National Academy of Fine Art in Oslo. He has exhibited extensively, amongst others at: Palais de Tokyo, Paris (solo); ISCP New York; MuHKA Antwerp, Nationalmuseum, Berlin; Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin; Galerie Wentrup, Berlin; Choi & Lager, Cologne (solo); and Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand.
Lars Morell, Ethereal Suspension, 2016
Lars Morell, Ethereal Suspension, 2016
Lars Morell, Ethereal Suspension, 2016 (detail)
Lars Morell, Ethereal Suspension, 2016
Lars Morell, Ethereal Suspension, 2016 (detail)
Lars Morell, Fraud Medium Seance, 2016
Lars Morell, Second Sight, 2015
Lars Morell, Second Sight, 2015
Lars Morell, Second Sight, 2015 (detail)
Lars Morell, Ink on Paper, 2015
Lars Morell, Ink on Paper, 2015
Lars Morell, Ink on Paper, 2015