1/10/2004
Gregor Schneider
Artangel, London
Die Familie Schneider in London
Die Familie Schneider in London
Commissioned and produced by Artangel
Die Familie Schneider will take up residence in neighbouring identical houses in London's East End.
German artist Gregor Schneider is internationally renowned for his
unnerving presentation of normality. Schneider's medium is the room -
kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom - and cellar. In his work the
domestic environment becomes the site of an unrelenting existential
confrontation.
Up until now, Schneider has mainly focused on Dead House ur, the 20-year
ongoing transformation of his parents' former home in Rheydt, Germany.
Dead House ur was recently reconstructed in the German Pavilion at the
Venice Biennale in 2001 when Schneider was awarded the Golden Lion for
Sculpture.
For his first major project in the UK, Die Familie Schneider renews
Schneider's obsession with repression, reproduction and repetition in a
very ordinary London street.
Visitors will be admitted to Die Familie Schneider by appointment only.
Telephone booking on 07981 578754 / 5
Open Tuesday - Sunday, 11am - 7pm
Die Familie Schneider is not suitable for children under 16 years old
Commissioned and produced by Artangel in association with Kunststiftung
Nordrhein-Westphalia and with the support of The Stanley Thomas Johnson
Foundation, The Henry Moore Foundation, The Moose Foundation for the Arts,
IFA, The Goethe-Institut and the Company of Angels.
ARTANGEL
31 Eyre Street Hill London EC1R 5EW