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Artist
Hans Haacke
b. 1936, Cologne, Germany · German-American · Based in New York, USA
- Staatliche Werkakademie, Kassel
- Temple University, Philadelphia
- Institutional Critique
- Kinetic Systems
- Sociopolitical Documentation
Hans Haacke moved from early systems works involving water, air and biological processes into one of the defining practices of institutional critique. From the 1970s onward he used corporate records, property data, museum sponsorship and political networks as artistic material, exposing the economic structures surrounding cultural institutions.
Conceptual art; installation; photography; systems
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Hans Haacke: Fighting the establishment
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1963–65Condensation Cube
- 1967–69Grass Grows
- 1972Rhinewater Purification Plant
- 1970MoMA Poll
- 1971Shapolsky et al. Manhattan Real Estate Holdings, a Real-Time Social System, as of May 1, 1971
- 1974Manet-PROJEKT ’74
- 1985MetroMobiltan
- 1990Helmsboro Country
- 1993Germania
- 2014Gift Horse
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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