Philip EmdeGermany
Philip Emde‘s collection of used stuffed animals, which have already experienced the most diverse emotional states of their previous owners, reveals a deeper insight into the human psyche.
With his concept of simulacra, Jean Baudrillard posits that modern society has replaced all reality and meaning with symbols and signs: human experience is a simulation of reality.
An example of placeholders created by our society are the stuffed animals.
The artist is aware that their owners bring them to life by projecting their own stories.
Philip Emde can be placed in the lineage of artists such as Mike Kelley, who reveals the ‘uncanny’ with mock figures and toy animals. Works like 1987’s More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid and The Wages of Sin come to mind.
From childhood to adulthood, the stuffed animals accompany their owners even in challenging times.
Emde’s work humorously deals with the ambiguity of life and finds its own place in contemporary art.
- . Two Sides .. of the Story . Paris 2024/05/19 - 2024/06/16
- 8 Rue Charlot Paris 2024/01/27 - 2024/02/25
- Playdate New York 2023/09/06 - 2023/10/07
- . And .. What’s your Story … Düsseldorf 2023/05/05 - 2023/06/18
- Mein Hut der hat 3 Ecken Paris 2022/05/19 - 2022/06/19
- . Bats .. Balls N Bäume … Cologne 2021/06/25 - 2021/08/15
- .Not your own Picture.. Paris 2019/05/18 - 2019/06/15
- Rue Charlot Paris 2018/10/13 - 2018/10/28
- .Emdiland.. Cologne 2018/08/31 - 2018/10/07
- Wertical I Cologne 2016/12/18 - 2017/01/29
- It’s not the darkness I’m afraid of Cologne 2015/12/11 - 2016/01/17
- Mixed Pickles 12 New York 2023/01/06 - 2023/02/19
- Mixed Pickles 11 Cologne 2022/09/02 - 2022/09/18
- 10 Years Ruttkowski;68 Cologne 2021/12/12 - 2022/01/02
- Schönes Gestrüpp Cologne 2017/12/15 - 2018/01/14
- Mixed Pickles 9 Munich 2021/04/22 - 2021/04/25
- Mixed Pickles 8 Berlin 2020/09/10 - 2020/09/13
- Mixed Pickles 7 Cologne 2020/05/01 - 2020/05/29
- Mixed Pickles 6 Cologne 2019/12/15 - 2020/01/12
- Mixed Pickles 5 Berlin 2019/04/26 - 2019/04/28
- Mixed Pickles 4 Cologne 2018/12/02 - 2019/01/06
- Mixed Pickles 3 Berlin 2018/04/28 - 2018/05/03
- Mixed Pickles 2 Cologne 2017/12/10 - 2018/01/03
- Mixed Pickles 1 Cologne 2017/04/22 - 2017/04/30
- Art Brussels Brussels 2024/04/25 - 2024/04/28
- Art Düsseldorf Düsseldorf 2024/04/11 - 2024/04/14
- EXPO CHICAGO Chicago 2024/04/11 - 2024/04/14
- Art Antwerp Antwerp 2023/12/14 - 2023/12/17
- Art Cologne Cologne 2023/11/16 - 2023/11/19
- Vienna Contemporary Vienna 2023/09/07 - 2023/09/10
- Enter Art Fair Copenhagen 2023/08/24 - 2023/08/27
- Art Brussels Brussels 2023/04/20 - 2023/04/23
- Art Düsseldorf Düsseldorf 2023/03/30 - 2023/04/02
- Art Cologne Cologne 2022/11/16 - 2022/11/20
- Enter Art Fair Copenhagen 2022/08/25 - 2022/08/28
- Art Brussels Brussels 2022/04/28 - 2022/05/01
- Art Cologne Cologne 2021/11/17 - 2021/11/21
- Art Cologne Cologne 2018/04/14 - 2018/04/15






