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Manou / Kristine Schnappenburg


THE AUCTION



berlin, june 09

dear damien hirst,

hope you‘re doing alright. i read about the health problem that troubled you. hope you recovered by now. but even if you didn‘t, i would like to invite you to our exhibition in marseille, as it is dedicated to you.

lately i have been busy with the idea of shrunken heads. they seem to have served a similar function as nowadays expensive art objects do. the shrunken head is a fetish : it’s meant to give the power the dead person used to have to his new possessor = prestige. at the same time it’s dangerous to have one : the possible revenge of the dead soul demands the special ritual of preparing the head during a long procedure : the preparation to make it a shrunken head.

for the coming up exhibition in marseille i did a modern version of a shrunken head. a safe one. a head made of tin foil. it’s going to be exposed on a black velvet under a glass cube. Other models of shrunken heads, which i made of all kind of material and objects of a munich based artist will be projected into the gallery. They will be on an ebay site, waiting to be bought.

nobody is gonna buy it. ebay is not exactely the platform where one would look for contemporary fetish-art in an auction, is it ? at least it puts up a few questions. about opportunities, chances and independence, for example.

art-fetishism and ebay ?

modern opportunities, selling, fetishm and more.

please come and join our auction-party in marseille (or in the internet). the opening is in gallery tangente the 25th of july around 12 am in marseille.

last but not least we could know each other, as we’ve met several years ago in goldsmiths’ college. in 1988, to be precise. you were a busy third year and i was a shy and "badly english speaking" (quote howard jeffs) german 2nd year. well actually my english was not as bad and got even better during my stay in england - (without the help of h. jeff’s). nowadys it’s rusty again.

with best regards

kristine schnappenburg

 

1. ebay text for a series of shrunken heads

this auction is part of an exhibition, taking place in the gallery tangente in marseille. it’s considered as absolutely serious art. the two artists are certified artists of the art academy of duesseldorf.

for further information contact the artists or come to the exhibition in marseille. the exhibition „the auction“ runs from friday 24 of july till sunday 30 of august.

 

cette vente aux enchères fait partie d’un exposition qui a lieu à La Tangente à Marseille. c’est de l’art tout à fait sérieux. les deux artistes sont homologués par l’école d’art de duesseldorf. pour plus d’informations contactez les artistes ou venez à l’exposition. Elle à lieu de vendredi 24 juillet à dimanche 30 août.

 

2. key words for the search machine :

schrumpfkopf, moderne kunst, direkt von künstlerin, ausstellung „die auktion“.

shrunken head, modern art, directly from artist, exhibition “the auction“.

tête réduite, art moderne, direct de l’artiste. exposition « la vente aux enchères ».

 

3.formal :

title, material, diameter, price, shipping, time.

titre, matériel, diamètre, prix, envoi, temps.

 

Manou

né à Rose Hill, Mauritius le 27/03/1960. Il vit à Munich, Allemagne

dernières expositions

2008 « Ten years later », Ile Maurice

2007 « Wrong mistakes », Myshkin, Russie

2004 « 13001 Frioul », Marseille, France

2000 « 2000 » Myth of modern Time, Santiago de Chile

 

Kristine Schnappenburg

née le 26/04/1967. Elle vit à Berlin, Allemagne

dernières expositions

2007 « Wrong mistakes », Myshkin, Russie

2004 « 13001 Frioul », Marseille, France

 

DANS LA MEME RUBRIQUE

 
 
 

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