Simulating/Rubbing Off Modernity/Art

1. Bruce Nauman Raw Material - Brrr, 1990
2. Bruce Nauman Flesh To White To Black To Flesh, 1968
3. Ed Atkins Warm, Warm, Warm Spring Mouths, 2013
4. Bruce Nauman Studies For Hologram, 1970

An exhibition of beauty that seeks international comparison. Juxtaposing the old master with the young master. Video experiments with the self (Nauman) and a 3D-modelled self (Atkins). 1968-2013. Poetic, disgusting, sentimental.
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Ed Atkins | Bruce Nauman, July 7 – October 26 2014, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany

Study Of Me, 2014

or 'A Mean Man'

Top Brynje
Trousers H&M

Maybe this is the essence. The substrate of maleness and maximum subtract of butch, applied to myself. The fetish of male psychology between Kafka and Klein, my literary and aesthetic food. You are what you put in your mouth.
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"Prada Banality", Post-Painterly Art VIII

or 'Fashion For Intellectuals' (FFI)



1. Isa Genzken Mona Isa IV (Dürer Selbsportrait), 2010
2. Prada Fall/Winter 2013

Within this art historical mishmash or 'mix and cash', Prada not only explores the canvas to frame a point of view but also creates installation views that we might associate with Isa Genzken, Anselm Reyle or Wolfgang Tillmans who stage the 'sheet', the paper, the folded fabric, the cutout, the collage as itself. Material as readymade, or, in case of Prada: fashion as post-curational act.
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture VI

1. Jörg Immendorff Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1974
2. Jörg Immendorff I Wanted To Become An Artist, 1972
3. Jörg Immendorff Für Wen?, 1973
4. Pink Floyd Tonite Let's All Make Love In London, 1968
5. Peter Whitehead Tonite Let's All Make Love In London, 1967
6. David Hockney Still from Tonite Let's All Make Love In London, 1967
7. David Hockney Self-Portrait with Charlie, 2005
8. David Hockney Self-Portrait, 1984

The self-reflective, self-reflexive moment of the Shakespearian theatre in comic art. The absurd logic of cartoons naturally screams for a holistic 'address-the-audience-then-turn-around' attitude. In this respect, Jörg 'BAAM' Immendorff and David 'ZOOM' Hockney recall Ouroboros in a Manneristic manner: eating their own tail, painting themselves paining.
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Golden Boy, 2012

or 'The Psalms Of Rei'




















Top Marc Jacobs
Coat Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Jeans Acne
Shoes Raf Simons x Doc Martens

On the seventh day, she created gold. Her command shattered against an artificial earth: 'All that glitters must be gold'. He was naked. And as her creature, he followed an instinctive, universal will.
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Naked, 2012

or 'What You Get Is What You See'

Top Maison Martin Margiela x H&M
Trousers Ann Demeulemeester
Belt Maison Martin Margiela x H&M
Coat Jil Sander

Upon public pressure and repeated request, I am posing completely nude. Exposing my trompe l'œil tattoos on bare skin. Sheer trousers cinched with an invisible belt. Only protected from outside views by a see-through coat.
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Secret Fear

Daniel Bedingfield - Secret Fear 2012

A true masterpiece. Francis Bacon, Jürgen Teller, Daniel Bedingfield. The nude self-portrait of an artist (as composed here). A stylized, disturbing vision. Deserving attention. Beautiful enough to mark a return.
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