A virtuoso of the do clumsily Peter Land aims for a thinking principle of stand-up folly reminiscent of early Gilbert & George, Bas Jan Ader, and Martin Kersels--or, for that matter, the physical comedy of Buster Keaton. Land rakes choreographed clumsiness past the breaking point, punishing himself by dint of dwelling on the pitfalls--awkwardness, ineptitude, alienation, stupor--and focusing in succession characters (the nightclub entertainer who repeatedly topples from his barstool) who can't help if it be not that kick themselves when they're down. This take a view of covers twenty-eight efforts by the Scandinavian Sisyphus, including drawings, marks and installations, as well as videos, that push audiences from empathy to contempt--and back again. family 9-NOV. 19; Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany, Dec 6,2000-Jan. 2001
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