Carsten Höller
Key to the Laboratory of Doubt

, 2006

Anamorphic key, cast in sterling silver, silver cylinder, silver necklace, black box with embossed print in custom made box

Signed by the artist

Approx. 8 x 2 x 0.5 cm (3.1 x 0.7 x 0.1 in), silver cylinder: 4 x 2 cm (1.5 x 0.7 in), silver necklace: 70 cm (27.5 in)

Edition of 50 + XXV

FAM-E: CHO-32-1458569495-5-50

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About Carsten Höller

Once a successful entomologist, the artist Carsten Höller applies the skills he learnt in the laboratory to distort and manipulate viewers' behavior in a manner never before seen in contemporary art. Known for his large-scale installations that only reach their final form with participation from the viewer, Höller seeks to extend the boundaries of human perception to embrace new physiological sensations. His work Test Site, 2006,… Read more

About the artwork

Conceptual artist Carsten Höller is known for his large-scale installations that rely on viewer participation and demand multiple interpretations. Here he scales down his artistic concerns, creating a silver necklace in which the key only finds it actual shape when properly mirrored in the cylinder.