Untitled, 2014–2015 
4K video (colour, sound)
5 min 55 sec
Edition of 5 + 2 AP

Untitled is an animated video by Oliver Laric in which humans, animals and objects continuously come into being. Using the history of animation as his source material, Laric redraws scenes of metamorphosis,, as well as fan art, and combines these images with commissioned illustrations, digital drawings and 3D renderings by other graphic artists. The result is a striking succession of figurative forms in constant states of bodily transformation, hybridisation and disintegration. Accompanied by a soundtrack of brooding synths and a disconcerting piano rendition of Justin’s Timberlake’s 2002 song Cry Me a River the video explores the circulatory and acceleratory potentials of the subject to recreate itself in new and ever-evolving ways.

Oliver Laric (b. 1981, Innsbruck; lives and works Berlin) is a multimedia artist whose videos, sculptures and installations question ideas of authorship, originality and authenticity in historic and contemporary visual cultures. Using strategies of appropriation and iconoclasm, often humorously applied, Laric’s work collapses categorisations to show how the meaning ascribed to images and objects is in a constant state of renewal. Scans of Laric’s works are available for free download on his website threedscans.com, expanding the range of materials available for others to creatively adapt and share.

Laric has recently presented solo exhibitions at the Musée de la Romanité, Nîmes (2023); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2021); S.M.A.K., Ghent (2021). His work has also been included in group presentations at UCCA Lab, Shanghai (2024); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2024); KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin (2024); and CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux (2023). Laric’s work is held in the Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Cleveland Museum of Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Fondation Galleries Lafayette, Paris and KAI 10 I Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, among many others.

Presented by Tanya Leighton (Berlin, Los Angeles).