The Stedelijk Museum is being renovated and a brand new wing and main entrance added. The museum mangement invited a number of young artists to develop proposals for the fence around the building site. I was one of the artists and theorists to hold a pitch talk for the selected artists during a workshop held in May 2008.
13. Words in art are words.
Letters in art are letters.
Writing in art is writing.
Messages in art are not messages.
Explanation in art is not explanation.
Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967)
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14. Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967)
Painting, 1954-58, 198 x 198 cm, Oil on canvas
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National Gallery of Art, Australia
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28. Hans Haacke (1935-)
Shapolsky et al. Manhattan Real Estate Holdings, A Real
Time Social System, as of May 1, 1971
The work consists of 146 photographic views of New York
apartment buildings, six pictures of transactions, an explan-
atory wall panel, and maps of Harlem and the Lower East Side.
Each photograph is accompanied by a typed text that describes
the location and the financial transactions involving the buil-
ding in the picture.
Haacke discloses transactions of a real-estate firm between
1951 and 1971. Harry Shapolsky, the key figure, who is well
protected by influential friends, is guilty of an assortment of
fraudulent practices of which the judicial system has been
exceedingly forgiving. Haacke’s solo show at the Guggenheim, Hans Haacke
of which this work was to be part, was canceled by the director No Mortgage - 1971
of the museum six weeks before the opening, and artists Assessed Land Value $8,500
occupied the premises in protest against this censorship. Total Value: $24,000
(source: Lucy Lippard - Six Years.: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972)
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