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Lenard Giller, Solitary (being with others), 2020 / Digital Print, Oil and Sunlight on Paper 33 x 24,5 cm, Edition of 10
Gina Fischli, Chardonnay, 2020 / Glitter, glue, plywood 14 x 7,5 cm
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Colin de Land and Kembra Pfahler, Kembra in Abra Kadavour Costume, Vienna Hotel Room, 2001/2019 / C-print, 35,5 x 28 cm, 55 x 46 cm (framed), Edition 1 of 2 + I AP
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Kayode Ojo, At the End of the Day (Prince, Berlin), 2020 / H&D Retro Cut Glass Perfume Bottle Refillable (Supplied Empty) with Atomizer, Belle Vous Velvet Jewellery Bust Black, Acrylic Crystal Garland Crystal Clear Acrylic Bead Garland Hanging Party Decor Wedding DIY Decor Pendant, LSA International Otis Champagne Flute Glass Clear 150 ml, Calvin Klein Contradiction Men Eau de Toilette Spray 100 ml for Men, mirrors, 80 x 60 x 30 cm
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Kayode Ojo, At the End of the Day (Prince, Berlin), 2020 / H&D Retro Cut Glass Perfume Bottle Refillable (Supplied Empty) with Atomizer, Belle Vous Velvet Jewellery Bust Black, Acrylic Crystal Garland Crystal Clear Acrylic Bead Garland Hanging Party Decor Wedding DIY Decor Pendant, LSA International Otis Champagne Flute Glass Clear 150 ml, Calvin Klein Contradiction Men Eau de Toilette Spray 100 ml for Men, mirrors, 80 x 60 x 30 cm
Gina Fischli, GoGo, 2020 / Glitter, glue, plywood 44 x 40 cm
Eric N. Mack Prince, 2020 / Wall print Dimensions variable, Edition 1 of 3
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Alison Yip R.D., 2020 / Oil on board 50 x 41 cm
Willa Nasatir, Other Life #3 (Rocks), 2018 / Gelatin silver print 43 x 57 cm, 48 x 62 cm (framed) Edition 1/2 + II AP
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Isaac Lythgoe, it was not really Saturday night, 2020 / Polyester, PLA, fillers, epoxy, walnut, stainless steel, synthetic rubber, silk, automotive paint, lacquer, 70 x 25 x 35 cm
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Love Sign is an exhibition based on a 200GB digital database of Prince fan ephemera, books, music, bootlegs, videos, and imagery. The files were compiled by Prince fans in and around Hamburg over years and passed on to friends and strangers at bars and clubs via a USB stick, engraved with S. Taking the material and the open medium of the database as a starting point, the exhibition brings together artworks that reflect on Prince’s politics, identity as well as visual and musical aesthetic. All material produced in the course of the exhibition will be added to the digital database afterwards, which will then be passed on.
Funk
Prince was in constant search for difference, “the avant-purple”. What made him become a larger-than life icon is a singular merging of a reckless will to produce and little hesitation to stand up. Whilst charged with illegible references and gestures, everything remains danceable, light and present.
Controversy
Whatever Prince did was sexually charged, full of allure and notions of Camp. His androgynous, provocative “para-queer” performance, that is everything from album titles to his perfectly manicured moustache, was an impertinence for some, but of attraction and stimulation for most.
Community
Community was arguably one of Prince’s favourite words. He wanted his biography to be a “handbook for a brilliant community.” Long before the establishment of platform-like structures, Prince set up accessible and democratic forms of online distribution and encouraged others to do so as well (see the database).
Politics
For his entire career, Prince dealt with the segregated music industry in the US. His attempts to deploy both aesthetic and political strategies seeking to evade himself from the dynamics of the industry culminated in re-naming himself to the unpronounceable S. Reclaiming control over his work, and challenging the racial hierarchy as paradigmatically instituted in the US thereby were part of Prince’s conscious representation of race.
