Das Karussell und August der Starke, 2004

Jens Ziehe, 2004 | Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
Collection

Watercolour, acrylic (gloss paint), colored pencils, silver felt, pen on paper
29.5 x 41.4 cm
Donated to Fundación Museo Reina Sofía by TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary

In his drawings and sculptures, Andreas Siekmann investigates current structures of power and conceptualizes alternative models. In 2002, he installed on the Place Royal in Brussels a merry-go-round that rotated around the equestrian statue of Gottfried von Bouillon. Large red letters on the roof announced the existence of a fourth power, the "exclusive," supplementing the three familiar powers of the legislative, the judiciary and the executive. This drawing places the scenario in Dresden around the iconic equestrian statue of August II.


*1961 in Hamm, Germany | Living and working in Berlin, Germany