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	• Helnwein-Neunter November Nacht-Ninth November Night Gottfried Helnwein, Reinhold Misselbeck, ... Museum Ludwig, Cologne/Germany, 1990 - 72 pages view larger image
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It was to our good fortune that Gottfried Helnwein also strove to break away from the museum and gallery sector in order to communicate with a larger public. This appeared on a grand scale on the site between the cathedral and Museum Ludwig, and at a time of "photokina", with its hundreds of thousands of visitors. The 100 metre picture wall did not fail to hit its mark: it induced bewilderment as well as aggressiveness. After a few days numerous pictures had been slashed, one even stolen. Gottfried Helnwein saw the exhibition as a process which would continue and be reflected in later presentations. The pictures were not renewed, but patched up, so that this reminder of the persecution of Jewish people would bear the traces of a lack of insight and understanding in the present day.- Reinhold Mißelbeck, Curator for Photography and new media, Museum Ludwig cologne

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