John Armleder
Untitled, 1985-2014
Tannenbäume sind seit langem das Leitmotiv von John Armleders objektbasierten Werken. Kulturell betrachtet, sind sie sowohl Symbole teutonischer Natur als auch christlicher Barmherzigkeit. Armleders Baum spricht hier die kitschige Sprache des Konsumdenkens – ein Zeichen weihnächtlicher Bescherung, die niemals endet.
John Armleder (born in Geneva in 1948) is a Swiss performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic, and curator. His work is based on his involvement with Fluxus in the 1960s and 1970s, when he created performance art pieces, installations and collective art activities that were strongly influenced by John Cage. However, Armleder's position throughout his career has been to avoid associating his artistic practice with any type of manifesto.
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