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In David Renggli’s practice, the notions of equilibrium and balance—understood in their physical, visual, but also conceptual senses—are principles that structure both production and reception. The forms are often based on a juxtaposition between referential worlds that contrast and are even incompatible in terms of value, mainly references to canonical expression of modern art and platitudes from the global design of cultural merchandise. Thus each work grows out of scattered, contradictory elements, while being subject to a principle of visual standardisation. References are expressed in an …