Das Deutschlandgerät, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf [2021], [2002], XLIV Biennale di Venezia, Deutscher Pavillon, Venedig 1990, 1990/2002

Material/Technique

Multi-part sculptural room installation Raised travertine floor, circumferential cornice with 27 fluorescent lamps each with 2 restaint brackets Gallery 2.1 – non-demountable exhibition space (reconstruction), 2002 4 solid walls travertine, felt, blockboard, 27 display cases aluminium profiles, alkyd enemal painted on reverse of float glass, felt, blockboard, floorboards (the artist's studio floor), folding table (found object), 2 cable reels with an electrical connection toward the ceiling of the room "Menzione d'Onore", 2021 Float glass, mirror glass, engraved brass plate, casket, footstool (found object), conference table, (found object) with tight-fitting travertine pedestal, display case resting ontop, felt-covered console with glass case, 38 wall-mounted vitrines aluminium profiles, etching on front of float glass augmented in 2002), felt, 38 bronze cast, 38 wooden footstools (found object), 38 steel tape measures, blockboard, 17 wooden footstools, brass brackets, 3 felt-covered base elements, 19 base plates, 15 video and 2 audio files, 15 DVD players, 15 CRT monitors, 3 CD players, 2 subwoofers, 7 audio monitors, electrical cord with female and male plugs, power strips, zip ties, cable reel, 16 brass floor outlets augmented in 2002), transition to digital video and audio systems 15 LED flat screens, 15 media players, 2 media players (audio) (augmented in 2021) Zollverein I|II, 2002 Felt, alkyd enamel on reverse of float glass, acrylic resin dispersion on MDF board

Dimensions

Installation: 2,700 × 1,700 × 1,000 cm

Signature

Unbezeichnet

Accession Number

0463

Acquisition year

2004

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Erworben 2004, vormals Sammlung Ackermans

• Intensif-Station, 9.7.2010-3.9.2011, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, K21 Ständehaus

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