Nicole Wermer's at Jessica Silverman

http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2017/02/nicole-wermers-at-jessica-silverman/#more-207023

At first glance, Nicole Wermer's installations seem minimal and appropriated due to the obvious use of readymade, everyday objects like a baby changing station in a public bathroom, or a bookshelf. However upon further inspection, it is found that although they in fact are appropriated, she is pulled along by the objects for humorous, historical, and philosophical reasons. By bedazzling a baby changing station in a public restroom, Wermer is bringing to attention the history of why babies are put so high off the ground (other than for the comfort of the parent.) So by appropriating this everyday, readymade changing table, Wermer is actually bringing it back to it's original roots of elevating a baby to a height that puts the beloved child in a position that mirrors it's high importance with the decorative aspects of fancy Venetian tiles used in the 20th century for upscale homes. Also, by altering a readymade that would already be in a museum, she is poking fun at the institution by glorifying a not-so-sanitary object and bringing to mind the idea that everything in the museum is the art.