Vier Wände und Oberlicht

[Four walls and overhead lighting or even better no pictures on the wall at all]

The text is issued orally on April 26, 1979, as a conference held by the artist during the Dortmunder architekturtage (Journées de l’architecture de Dortmund) on museum architecture (« Museumsbauten »). Also published in Neue Heimat – Monatshefte für neuzeitlichen Wohnungs – und Städtebau, v. XXVI, n. 8, 1979, p. 30-31.
Author(s): Georg Baselitz
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Language : German
Original edition of the manifesto: The text is issued orally on April 26, 1979, as a conference held by the artist during the Dortmunder architekturtage (Journées de l’architecture de Dortmund) on museum architecture (« Museumsbauten »). Also published in Neue Heimat – Monatshefte für neuzeitlichen Wohnungs – und Städtebau, v. XXVI, n. 8, 1979, p. 30-31.
Where can we find this manifesto? Darragon, É., Laffon, J., Pagé, S. et alii, Georg Baselitz, exhibition catalogue, MAM, Paris, October 25, 1996- January 8, 1997, Paris musées, Paris, 1996. p. 166-169
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Editorial comments: The text is considered as a manifesto by the the artist
Does the work corresponds to the definition of a manifesto? No
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Is the signature individual, collective, or individual but in the name of a collective? Individual
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