Thomas Hirschhorn
dal 9/12/2003 al 11/1/2004
Segnalato da
9/12/2003
Thomas Hirschhorn
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
ike all works by the Swiss artist, the installation 'Double Garage,' revealing social contexts, confronts us with the real world. The garage, an individual workroom, is a metaphor for coming to grips with the violence, war, death, and destruction delivered to our living rooms day after day.
DOUBLE GARAGE
Thomas Hirschhorn's complex event spaces have attracted great attention since
the mid-1990s. Like all works by the Swiss artist, the installation "Double
Garage," revealing social contexts, confronts us with the real world. The
garage, an individual workroom, is a metaphor for coming to grips with the
violence, war, death, and destruction delivered to our living rooms day after
day. The production assembles the tools of a handy man's workshop including
pin-up girls, a model railroad scenery with circling trains and huge mushrooms,
and objects and pictures of destroyed cities, hurt men, and veiled women. Marcus
Steinweg's philosophical reflections on Nietzsche in the form of words and text
passages to be found here and there focus on the relations between power and
responsibility and are aimed at reactivating Nietzsche's explosive relevance to
the present political discussion.
Image: Installation vue, Double Garage, 2002
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