Tag Archives: mural

“Waymarks & Dialogues” at Mardin Bienali

“İşaretler ve Diyaloglar” (“Waymarks & Dialogues”) is a situation-specific work for the 3rd Biennial in Mardin. Here, on the verge of Turkey, in the northernmost part of Mesopotamia, I’ve met with people and listened to conversations in order to record the most contemporary words in the various languages of Mardin. These words I’ve mounted in the medieval part of the city, in the narrow 1. Cadde (1st Lane), starting at the massive walls of Mor Efrem Manastırı. Intertwined with a series of lightboxes, which hide in the tiny workshops along 1. Cadde, a mythological footpath is formed. Visitors can discover both their history – and their destination.

Untitled (No. 407)

Murals tend to be huge, and artists like to do magnificent things. But not every patron of the arts has got these big walls. So I decided to develop murals which fit into c-suites and – even more important – into the private salon.

Today I want to share a new work which is private and public at the same time: “Untitled (No. 407)”. It’s a tape drawing commissioned by Arlberg Hospiz Hotel in Tyrol. To enjoy it for some nights, just ask for suite no. 407!

Back on Tuesday

Dresden is celebrating the 8th edition of “Ostrale – Internationale Ausstellung zeitgenössischer Künste”, and I was asked to deliver an in situ work right at the entrance of this huge show at the old (and famous) slaugtherhouse. I did use tape again – red tape, to be precise.

The piece covers about 70 square meters. It shows a young lady, ornamental elements and a “writing on the wall” (which suggests that the artist might have vanished before completion). I could have called it “Selbstbildnis mit Auerhahn” (“Self portrait with grouse”), which would have been kind of correct. But I thought I should place emphasis on the text part. The display tag now says “Back on Tuesday”.

Catalogue.

War Artist in Residence

A new tape drawing I’ve done in Greifswald reflects the re-enactment of Abu Ghraib in Ukraine. The mural in the tradition of war artists bears the title “Und plötzlich war es wieder da”. It is part of this year’s “conquering places” art laboratory.

It’s been “2 p.m.” on Bankers Hill

On the occasion of the inauguration of their new space on Bankers Hill, I left the drawing “2 p.m.” on the walls of Helmuth Projects in San Diego, California. The work examines aspects of eternity. It is modest 4.75 meters tall.

There is a mural on the very peaks of the mountains

Visitors seem to love my newest tape drawing “Sword, Dog, Mountain, Car”, which was unveiled last month at – and commissioned by – Arlberg Hospiz Hotel*****. It’s really huge: six walls, one hundred square meters, more than 600 meters of Pattex power tape. Location: A-6580 St. Anton am Arlberg, St. Christoph 1, Austria.