Elmgreen & Dragset
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Based in Berlin and in London, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have worked together as an artist duo since the mid-1990's.
Major exhibitions include The Nordic and Danish Pavilions at the 53rd Venice Biennial in 2009, and the same year a survey show at MUSAC in León.
The artist duo has also held solo shows at Serpentine Gallery in London; Tate Modern, The Power Plant in Toronto; Malmö Konsthal and Kunsthalle Zurich.
They have participated in numerous biennials including several editions of the Venice Biennial; Manifesta 3 and the Istanbul, Sao Paulo, Berlin, Gwangju and Yokohama biennials.
"Prada Marfa "- a full scale replica of a Prada shop in the middle of the Texan dessert - and "Short Cut" - a car and a caravan breaking up from the ground which was first shown in Milano and now in the collection of MCA Chicago - are among their most well known works.
In 2003, Elmgreen & Dragset won the prestigious "Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst" at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and were shortlisted for The Guggenheim Hugo Boss Prize.