When I am offered an exhibition, I take it. I am always lacking shows and I never can know when the next opportunity might come. So I exhibit also at places that nobody visits, nobody writes about and that hold little merit, as that is still better than nothing. I exhibit new pieces so I can take photographs of them. A work of art can only look well in a portfolio if installed in a nice clean room. I constantly need to be able to present nice new works to be able to apply for nice new shows. And I get repeatedly rejected from exhibitions on grounds of that the piece has been shown before; whether anyone has seen it or not does not matter. Art is not for being shown and seen, art is for giving credits to curators or/and institutions.
Are artworks really mere consumables, as lasting as last year’s fashion?
A sculptural installation, consisting of a short text and three different works that have been rejected due to having been shown before. The works are presented packaged for storage and therefore not on view despite their placement in the gallery.
- 144 Attempts to Paint a White Monochrome. Eight large boxes containing a series of 144 paintings
- An Attempt not to Paint a White Monochrome. A wrapped roll of canvas which when unrolled is a nine meter long painting
- So Happy Together. Two bubble-wrapped photo albums, a paper-wrapped folder containing 200 photographs, and a roll of wall paper on a white shelf.
2011