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An ongoing presentation of works made by artists for Parkett focusing on various themes, and providing context to the artists and their works with texts, conversations, videos, artists’ documents, and more.

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Nairy Baghramian

Nairy Baghramian
Maintainers, 2017

Nairy Baghramian‘s two-part sculpture “Maintainers” (for Parkett 100/101) consists of a cast of wax used for polishing aluminum and a seemingly identical aluminum cast. The two objects appear in close relationship and interact throughout the artist‘s serial casting process, as the wax cast is potentially consumed during the polishing act. More here.

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"Occupational Hazard", a text from Parkett 100/101 by Caoimhin Mac Golla Leith here.

Parkett Vol. 100/101 here.

Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller
Key to the Laboratory of Doubt, 2006

In Carsten Höller’s sterling silver necklace “Key to the Laboratory of Doubt” (for Parkett 77), the anamorphic key finds its actual shape only when properly mirrored in the cylinder. More here.

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"Would the Real Carsten Höller Please Stand Up?", a text from Parkett 77 by Jessica Morgan here.

Parkett Vol. 77 here.

Artist document: a passage from Jessica Morgan’s Parkett text, explaining the background of the work here.

Monica Bonvicini

Monica Bonvicini
Drill 4 Chastity, 2004

Monica Bonvicini's "Drill 4 Chastity" (for Parkett 72) refers to and expands on Marcel Duchamp's "Wedge of Chastity", which Duchamp had made as a wedding present for his wife in 1954. More here. (A work is available from the archive, please inquire.)

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"Monica Bonvicini's FETISCHkunst", a text from Parkett 72 by Juliane Rebentisch here.

Parkett Vol. 72 here.

Artist document: further background on Bonvicini’s “Drill 4 Chastity” here.

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson
Hearring, 1997

Laurie Anderson's small-scale sculptural sound work “Hearring” (for Parkett 49) can be worn like an earpiece, and delivers a short message of the artist playing the violin and whispering in the listener’s ear. Listen & find more here.

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Read "In the Nerve Stream", a text from Parkett 49 by Jacqueline Burckhardt here.

Parkett Vol. 49 here.

Read a fax where the artist outlines various initial ideas for the work here.

In conversation: Laurie Anderson & Pipilotti Rist Meet Up in the Lobby of a Hotel in Berlin here.

Watch a short interview with Laurie Anderson here.

Sherrie Levine

Sherrie Levine
Two Shoes, 1992

Sherrie Levine’s “Two Shoes” (for Parkett 32) is based on a work entitled “Shoe Sale” that Levine staged in New York in 1977. The pair of brown lace-up children’s shoes were produced especially for the artist by an Italian manufacturer. More here. (A work is available from the archive, please inquire.)

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“The Transgressions of Sherrie Levine”, a text by Daniela Salvioni here.

Parkett Vol. 32 here.

Artist document: a statement by Sherrie Levine on the background of the work here.

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