Composed of wax sculptures, Untitled (2011) is a group of monumental candles by Urs Fischer lit on the first day of the exhibition. Before being lit, this ensemble of candles encapsulates mastery, realism, verticality, and virtuosity but over the course of the exhibition these values are inverted by the workings of chance and entropy: the sculpture becomes informal, even formless. The wax liquefies, and that which seemed perennial and genuine, turns out to be fragile and fictitious. Untitled lasts as long as the wicks of the candles continue to burn, images of a fiery beauty, even in their futility.
