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Gregor Schneider: Fotografie und Skulptur, Sadie Coles HQ
Gregor Schneider: Fotografie und Skulptur, Sadie Coles HQ
The German artist creates House-of-Horror tableaux that are seriously creepy
Sunday, 05 September 2010
Gregor Schneider has an obsession with fetid interiors
Few artists can creep you out like Gregor Schneider. His work is scary and it’s absurd. But even as you giggle nervously when confronted with its less than subtle deployment of shock-horror tactics, a more profound disquiet creeps up on you. Schneider knows how to tap into our visceral fears.
Few artists can creep you out like Gregor Schneider. His work is scary and it’s absurd. But even as you giggle nervously when confronted with its less than subtle deployment of shock-horror tactics, a more profound disquiet creeps up on you. Schneider knows how to tap into our visceral fears.
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