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(c) copyright reserved addresses the collective visual memory of the 1990s in Germany, my origins in the former GDR, and issues of dichotomy – both personal and political – against the backdrop of East-West German history. During the 1990s small family homes where built in many locations in Germany on small plots of land in green fields, placed closely next to each other. The brand of the houses and the way they looked, as well as age of the owners, purchasing power and family structure were nearly identical, making these houses generic. These structures with ‘no history’ became the new homes for families where the parents grew up in another political system to that of their children. A large surface area of blank, white, ingrained, wallpapercovered walls had to be filled with shared visual memories and souvenirs of family life. In kids’ rooms posters of new idols from the international music and film industry found a place as did decorative visual material which was affordable or given away for free by different (political or commercial) groups/firms. All this visual material, produced in very large quantities and widely spread over the country, served to make future generations conscious of their needs as consumers.

list of works
BMW Roadster Z3 – 9 11 03 22 10 1 1999 MM Poster, printed in Germany, 1999
From Riller & Schnauck Berlin Teltow / Wartherstr. 3, 14513 Teltow
1916 River Girl Photo: Herbert W. Hesselmann
Printed in Spain by Pantherex Publishing AB (Uppsala, Sweden)
MAESTRI DELLA PITTURA N. X131 (C. Monet) Antibes
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MAESTRI DELLA PITTURA N. X129 (C. Monet) Impressione sole naccente
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MAESTRI DELLA PITTURA N. X27 (Van Gogh) Payment Cafe at Night
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MAESTRI DELLA PITTURA N. X188 (Van Gogh) Girasoli
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With many thanks to my brother.

Exhibited at
Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, 2013.