“BANNERS” (2012) – [ger]

– Kunst, weil es Kunst ist, ist Widerstand. Kunst widersteht Tatsachen. Kunst widersteht politische, ästhetische und kulturelle Gewohnheiten. Kunst, in seinem(ihrem) Widerstand, ist Bewegung, Bestimmtheit, Intensität, Glaube. – Kunst, weil es Kunst ist,...

“BANNERS” (2011) – [eng]

I made “Banners” in 2009 for the 50th Anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum New York, “Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim”. Beyond my project-participation, “Banners” is for me an opportunity to give form to what I think Art can do. 1....

“Usual Suspect” (2011)

Dear friend, dear art historian*, Thank you very much for your e-mail I got a few days ago. Today, with my response I want to share with you a thought I had listening to your questions recently in Paris. It’s a thought I had before when listening to you but also to...

«LAUNDERETTE» (2011)

FRONT SPACE : The front space will be a space which evoques a launderette. A launderette is a very bright-lit space with many different machines, tumblers, washing-machines, dryers, money change- machines, pay machines, soap machines. In the launderette, there are...

The Guggenheim-Dilemma (2011)

Dear Nancy, dear Richard, As you know, I am one of those who signed the petition for the boycott of the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi, to put pressure on the museum to do everything in order to remedy the labor exploitation on Saadiyat Island, to treat the workers as they...