ISH# 16

Open Friday 24th Sep to 30th Sep
12:00 – 18:00

Message to Paris and beyond!
Vernissage Thursday 23rd September
18:00 – 21:00

ISH# 15
Dag Erik Elgin
– Bon a Fide…
the launch of fanzine no 4

Dag Erik Elgin
– The Obituary Phenomenon Ernst Beyeler



– Kandinsky's in suitcase Paris 2010

An extract from Diary Excerpts 1984 – 2010
by Dag Erik Elgin
…(Added later: How close did Ernst Beyeler get to Kandinsky's Improvisation no. 10? In a video interview with Beyeler, the layman's direct access to art is addressed, represented by a certain unknown housewife. But who was Kandinsky, she asked. Ernst Beyeler acquired the work under questionable circumstances from the Nazi art dealer Ferdinand Möller in 1951. It was his first major acquisition – a purchase that proved controversial, as the painting had been confiscated in 1937 by the Nazis. Later he built a museum to house it (and his additional collection), describing it as possibly the first abstract painting – do you hear, Kazimir? Did his endeavours pay off - did he get closer to his icon? Was Mr. Beyeler, because of his involvement with this work, better prepared for the 24th of February 2010? (Click here to read the full length version)

An extract from Ballistic Typography
by Theodor Barth
This episode, that unfolded behind the scenes of a Berlin newspaper, served in retrospective to reveal an aspect of Dag Erik Elgins technique: the use of the ballistic method to trail the provenance of Kandinsky's Improvisation no. 10 – featuring Bauhaus (1927, the Weimar Republic), Antiqua (1937, the Reich) and Bodoni (1944, Switzerland) – eventually teased out that Beyeler's dealings with Nazi art-brokers, would likely be burried with him.
(Click here to read the full length version)

Good friends of The Institute of Social Hypocrisy Gerhard Richter and Patricia Hearst will attend the opening! Cold Beers will be served!

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