The works from our collection presented in the exhibition paperwork all examine the artistic treatment of paper. The show is held in the Einsatzleitung of FAHRBEREITSCHAFT.

Martin Creed, for instance, crumples or folds it (Work No. 218: A sheet of paper crumpled into a ball (US letter), 1999, Work No. 88: A sheet of paper crumpled into a ball (DIN A4), and Work No. 1262, both 2011). Stanley Brouwn deals with dimensions and units of measurement (A sheet of paper 1 × 1 Arschin (Bulgaria) and a sheet of paper 1 × 1 Pikhalebi (Abyssinia), both 2005), as does Jonathan Monk (My height in HB pencil, 2002).

Paper is also used to transmit information, even if it cannot necessarily be read. Examples are a book by Karin Sander and Harry Walter in braille (Skulpturen in Braille, 2007) and Martin Boyce’s work Thoughts that breathe (2011). A telefax by On Kawara (I am still alive, 1987) and book jackets by Paul Bonet (untitled, year unknown) are also shown.

Some of the works involved concrete, figurative drawings, such as animation sketches for a film by Mathias Poledna (untitled (Animation drawing), 2013), or abstract, barely definable signs like the works of Georg Herold (No desaster III, 1988) and Peter Piller (Bürozeichungen, Aachen mental maps, 2000). There are also austere compositions of straight lines such as by Florian Pumhösl (untitled, from various years) or Vaclav Pozarek (Kolonien, 2015). A single work of art can frequently be classified under several criteria. This is the starting point for an engaging examination of quite diverse interpretations.

Axel Haubrok

List of works

Michael Asher
Mein Beitrag für Westkunst, 1981

Paul Bonet
untitled, year unknown

Paul Bonet
untitled, year unknown

Martin Boyce
Thoughts that breathe, 2011

Stanley Brouwn
A sheet of paper 1 × 1 Arschin (Bulgaria)
1 Arshin = 67 cm, 2005

Stanley Brouwn
A sheet of paper 1 × 1 Pikhalebi (Abyssinia)
1 Pikhabeli = 68.6 cm, 2005

Martin Creed
Work no. 1262, 2011

Martin Creed
Work no. 218: A sheet of paper crumpled into a ball (US Letter), 1999

Martin Creed
Work no. 88: A sheet of paper crumpled into a ball (DIN A4), 1995

Rodney Graham
Concordance to the standard edition: Six reference desks in oak, volume 4 (M-P), 1992

Lone Haugaard Madsen
untitled, 2011

Lone Haugaard Madsen
Raum #241-1 Zeichnung, 2009

Georg Herold
No desaster III, 1988

Manfred Holtfrerich
Blatt 211 (Hamburg Frühjahr 2016), 2016

Manfred Holtfrerich
Blatt 212 (Hamburg Frühjahr 2016), 2016

Manfred Holtfrerich
Blatt 213 (Hamburg Sommer 2016), 2016

On Kawara
I am still alive, 1987

Konrad Klapheck
untitled (Maschine), year unknown

Martin Kippenberger
Die bunte Welt des Kanarienvogels, 1991

Tim Lee
The eyes of Man Ray on Neil Young / The eyes of Neil Young on Man Ray, 2011

David Lieske
A means to an end – to make ends meet (Fig III, Edgar Varese correspondence), 2009

Jonathan Monk
My height in HB pencil, 2002

Peter Piller
Bürozeichnung: Stark idealisierter Händedruck, 2001

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map, 2000

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map: Bahnhofsgegend, 2000

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map: Büros FH, 2000

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map: Domusberg, 2000

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map: FH, 2000

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map: KWHT (Archiv), 2000

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map: RWTH Aachen, 2000

Peter Piller
Aachen Mental Map: Verkaufsituation BHF Aachen, 2000

Peter Piller
Bürozeichnung: Manche sagen, die Wohnung unseres Chefs sei ganz in weiß eingerichtet, 2000

Mathias Poledna
untitled (Animation drawing), 2013

Vaclav Pozarek
Kolonien, 2005

Florian Pumhösl
untitled, year unknown

Florian Pumhösl
untitled, year unknown

Florian Pumhösl
untitled, year unknown

Florian Pumhösl
untitled, year unknown

Karin Sander & Harry Walter
Skulpturen in Braille, 2007

Barbara Schmidt Heins
untitled, 1973

Andreas Slominski
untitled, 2008

Michel Würthle
Martin à Venise, noces 1996, 2012

Heimo Zobernig
untitled, 1993