Boomerang, wood

Boomerang effect I, 2020, installation, etching Aristotle and Plato, 50x70cm. Middle East map, 20x30cm Etching Aristotle and Plato Middle East map Friedrich Engels statue and Karl Marx statue Advertising folder from Beijing The boomerang effect What do the etchings/graphs of Aristotle and Plato tell us when shown individually and out of context? We relate these philosophers to their work. How natural is it that we know their works? What we call European culture would be unimaginable without ancient Greek philosophy. While Europe was in the Middle Ages (6th-15th centuries), the works of ancient philosophers were preserved and learned in the Middle East. With their return to Europe, a new chapter of this continent was opened, the Renaissance.

Boomerang effect II, 2020, installation, Marx (Trier) and Engels (Wuppertal) print, 50x70cm, maps of the countries designated as socialist, 40X70cm. Beijing city map Could the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels experience a fate similar to that of the Greek philosophers, will a boomerang effect hit the European continent again? There are signs that something like this could happen. In 1950s Europe, half the continent was ruled by Marxists. Today, Marxist-leaning parties are marginal figures in the European political landscape and play no role.  Present from the People's Republic of China on the occasion of the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Chinese State Councilor Ma Kai to the Engels House on November 28, 2010 in Wuppertal. A work by the President of the Chinese Institute of Sculpture, Professor Zeng Chenggang, erected by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Berlin on June 11, 2014 -The Karl-Marx-Statue is a monument on the Simeon-Stifts-Platz in Trier. It was unveiled on May 5, 2018 on the occasion of Karl Marx's 200th birthday in his native city. The work of sculptor Wu Weishan is a gift from the People's Republic of China

Ode to Joy, 1786, The 9th Symphony by Ludwig V. Beethoven, 1959, Video 2:44 min., Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra Played by: Nazis, communists in Russia, in China, apartheid-ists in South Africa or the extreme left in Latin America, at the Olympic Games in 1964 German states were played instead of the German anthem for both. Today, the Ode to Joy is the unofficial anthem of Europe. An empty container for the ideologues. The second part of the ode destroys the first part of the "Ode to Joy" (which we all know). Beethoven was a critic of ideologies Harald Schmidt Show “Confucius says……” Video 0:40 min. .

The Gift / From Baroque to Classicism, 2020, installation, red tablecloth, baroque serving tray, hammer and sickle. Baroque: eat, fat, excess. Protz, overloaded kitsch.

32. Doormat, 2021, oil on coconut fiber 40X60cm Since Marx wrote 'Capital', several billion people have followed his idea. Where are these people today? Have the ideas of this thinker been misused?

Mao in the Hamburger Bahnhof, 2011, photograph, 15x10cm

Forbidden City, 1500, silk cloth, Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Painting, 1889, Forbidden City around 1900, photograph Peking/Beijing (Chinese: "northern capital") only reached central importance in the 13th century AD under the Mongolian Jin dynasty. The political and spiritual center of the Forbidden City with the Imperial Palace was built under Emperor Zhu Zhanji/Xuan Zong (1398-1435). The last 24 rulers resided here until the end of the German Empire in 1911.

Forbidden City, 2014

Sweeping the Forbidden City from the film "The Last Emperor, historical epic film, released in 1987, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci 

Sweeping the Forbidden City,  2012

Balloon flight, around 18th century

World Trade Center, Photography 

Dresden Zwinger

Old Town, 1880, Reproduction, Carl Spitzweg

Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1864, 16x21cm, print, The Cave at Jules Verne, drawn by Édouard Riou for the first edition.

 Fertility Untitled 5, from the Fertility Suite, 1983, Keith Haring, Graphic, Reproduction

Two of Three Wise Men, Sanxing / Fu Lu Shou, gods of the three stars and the three gifts of happiness (Fu), prosperity (Lu) and longevity (Shou) in

Chinese folk belief.

Atom Bruce, 2020, Photography 40x 60 cm

Eardrum / between "the "wilderness" and the "civilization", 2021, bongo drum, sheepskin The work "Trommelfell" breaks the principle of the before-after effect as we know it in conventional form and questions it anew. Why does this work disturb our way of seeing (thinking) at first glance? Would a person who knows bongo drums and someone who does not react to this work the same way? Does this work show us a before or after effect, an intermediate state, or is it a play on our way of perceiving time and chronology? How do we think and how are our thoughts constructed? The bongos are two small, differently sized tubular drums covered with a skin. The bongo drum is a small, single-skinned, tunable tubular drum with cylindrical frames, usually used in pairs. The bongo drums come from Cuba. The smaller drum is called macho (Spanish male), the larger one hembra (Spanish female).

Vedutta dela Piazza dela Rotonda, ca.1751, print, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Pantheon, postcard, Rome

"When the wind of renewal blows, some people build walls and others windmills" Confucius, 2019, photograph 29x21cm

Concert in China - Jean-Michel Jarre, 1982, poster

From (Center) Periphery to (Periphery) Center / The Obelisk's Long Journey to "New" Centers, 2019 Installation, 280x20cm, Egyptian Obelisk, Paris, Place De La Concorde, London, Banks of the Thames, New York, Cleopatra's Needle , Rome, Macuteo Pantheon, Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica, Istanbul, Theodosius, Luxor Pointed column Greek ὀβελίσκος obelískos The Egyptian word for obelisk is Tehen The obelisks that adorn several cities around the world today were built in ancient Egypt for religious purposes. They were once taken from Egypt, stolen, bought, dragged along, taken over. The carved, monolithic stones were scattered in different "centers" of the world and set up as a sign of the center. They are often symbols of these cities. (Only the city of Rome has eight Egyptian obelisks). This form (pointed column) was later copied and used for different contexts. Besides being a sign of the center, the obelisk was erected as a monument, tomb even as a building (in Washington).

The Architectural Uprooting, 2020, triptych, photograph, 40x30cm, Market Gate of Miletus 2nd c. AD, Ishtar Gate 605–562 BC. BC, Pergamon altar 2nd cent. Chr., Winkelmann: "There is almost a natural connection between the work of art and the place where it was created" How the copy hides the original? The façade of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin is modeled on ancient temples. These types of copies are scattered in all continents around the globe and house different institutions. These neoclassical objects are even part of the identity of these countries and therefore their pride. Pergamon Museum In this museum there are, among other things, almost complete buildings, which were once dismantled in their places of origin, packed up, transported and then rebuilt inside the museum. The work “Architecture Entrootung” is a kind of scrapbook of memories and reality. In the top row of this work are photos of buildings where they are currently located (in the Pergamon Museum). In the bottom row are screenshots from Google Earth showing the original locations of these objects. Pergamon altar 2nd century B.C. Since 1901-1909-1930 in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany Pergamon near Bergama, Türkiye. Place of origin of the Pergamon Altar Ishtar Gate 605–562 BC Chr. Since 1930 in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany Ishtar Gate, Replica, Hillah, Iraq. Origin of the Ishtar Gate Market gate of Miletus 2nd century AD. Since 1928/29 in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany Miletus, Balat, Türkiye. Place of origin of the Market Gate of Miletus

"Noble simplicity and quiet greatness" 2021, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, “Without freedom and equality, there is no great art” Joachim Winckelmann He shaped an entire era with his writings and his influence can still be seen and felt today. With his book "Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture" he laid the foundations of a new era. He paid attention to the baroque and described it as: "big food, fat, excess, swank and overloaded kitsch". On the other hand, he turned to the 'Ancient Greeks' and their art and philosophy and wrote: "The good taste, which spreads more and more through the world, first began to form under the Greek sky. " With this short sentence: "noble simplicity and quiet greatness" Winckelmann laid the foundation for the new way of seeing and thinking, the new style of classicism (which Goethe and Schiller later made their own). He was a proponent of no-frills art, he compares art to the image of the sea: "Even if a storm rages on the surface, in the depths of the sea the more remains constant and calm." His view of Greek antiquity and its democracy (“No great art without freedom and equality”) clearly influenced the French Revolution and art in France, while in Italy and Germany the influence extended only to the field of art.

King of the Sun and the Energy, 2019, Louis XIV, solar field in China, diptych, print, photograph Fotovoltaik Monopol sun king and the energy 2019, The Louis XIV made Paris the "City of Light" because he wanted to better control Paris and eliminate the dark corners of the city, because that's where his opponents gathered. He wanted absolute control. As absolute ruler, he was called the Sun King. Even later, when the Eiffel Tower was illuminated, Paris retained the reputation of being the "City of Light". The solar dispute between (un)united Europe and China showed how power is distributed in the global world. Photovoltaic monopoly Solar dispute with China on the backs of French winegrowers Beijing wants to impose punitive tariffs on EU wines The trade dispute between the EU and China is widening. In response to EU protective tariffs for Chinese solar modules, Beijing is now considering punitive tariffs for European wine. France's winegrowers in particular are threatened with significant losses. By Susanne Krause French winegrowers turn over around 600 million euros a year with exports to China (AP) Daniel Fallet-Dart entertains guests at his winery in Drachy, a tiny village on the Route du Champagne. The visitors in the small shop are regular customers: the German-French couple lives in the Palatinate and regularly comes to Drachy to shop. Béatrice Dubuard-Breiner has heard on the news that China is threatening protective tariffs on wine imports from Europe. "I meant that the topic is very acute at the moment, but in about two or three months nobody will be talking about it anymore." Host Daniel Fallet-Dart doesn't seem particularly worried either. The winery has existed since 1610, a family business, now in the 16th generation. “The soil, the climate, the culture of cultivation, the work of the vintner – all of this is very important in viticulture. This belongs together and makes a location unique. You can't export that, otherwise it would have happened long ago."

Fallet-Dart produces a good 150,000 bottles of champagne every year, mainly exporting to Germany. In China he is still looking for import contacts. It's the big houses in the region, those with the world-renowned brand names, that do business with the Middle Kingdom, he says. But even these champagne barons remain calm. They doubled their exports to China last year: to two million bottles. But for the champagne producers, China is only in twelfth place among the export countries. In the south-west, in Bordeaux, however, the situation is different. Monique Bonnet, winemaker from Capian near Bordeaux, sells 40 percent of her wine to China: "Such political decisions can have dramatic consequences for a small winery like mine." It is no coincidence that Beijing is considering protective tariffs on wine imports from the European Union. In the solar dispute with the European Union, alongside Spain and Italy, France in particular has advocated tough action. The sanctions now being discussed in Beijing are acting like a tit-for-tat. 80 percent of Chinese wine imports from the EU come from France. French winegrowers turn over around 600 million euros a year with exports to China. The threats from Beijing are taken seriously, said a spokesman for the Foreign Trade Ministry in Paris. President François Hollande is pushing for a meeting of all 27 EU member states to agree on a common course for further negotiations with China. The trade ministers plan to meet next Friday. And the topic could also be put on the agenda at the EU summit at the end of June. Unlike the colleagues in the region around Bordeaux, the champagne winemaker Daniel Fallet-Dart will only follow these arguments in passing. He stays calm. Finally, at the end of May, his region won an important victory: the Chinese accepted that 'Champagne' was a protected brand name. With which only wines from the French region of the same name may adorn themselves. " The Chinese know how to make good solar panels, we know how to grow good wine. There's no reason our trade shouldn't last."

Talks of the Town, 2010, diptych, photograph, 17x12cm, ancient Roman toilet, Beijing toilet

Diana with Deer, 1924, bronze figure Edward McCartan, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin bronze figure. Qilin China, 16./17. Century, Bronze, Ming Dynasty

Xi-Pop, 2019, photography, triptych, 50x70cm The previous view of China takes a different direction. The party leader and president of China now takes the place of observer and doer.

Smile Marilyn! , 2019, graphic collage, Andy Warhol, Yue Minjun, 95x95cm "The shortest distance between two people is a smile." Chinese proverb

GOLDEN SHOWERS (2020-2013) by P.M.S. FILOART. Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm, paper, technique: urinal (derived from watercolor) Urinated Portrait* For reasons of hygiene, visitors are only allowed to observe the work from a distance of at least 2m. Five Russian prostitutes kindly donated about half a liter of urine for the GOLDEN SHOWERS work. In the style of 19th century pointillism, this work was created by the group P.M.S. FILOART made. In a light and subtle form (in contrast to his character), the urine drops form the portrait of a New York businessman Donald Trump, who stands in front of the viewer with his mouth open and puffed out. Due to the fact that the work is very poor in contrast, it leaves a vague feeling: is this portrait about to appear or about to disappear? The work relates to a 2013 investigation by the US intelligence community. At the time, they examined the most beautiful suite in the house "The Ritz-Carlton" in Moscow on the tenth floor, where businessman Trump is said to have invited prostitutes to a double bed and allegedly asked them for "golden showers", i.e. to urinate. This work is made from 100% organic materials. *It is the first and only picture that has been painted pointillistically with urine. The picture has a reflected glass. Visitors can only see the portrait from a non-reflected angle, otherwise they see their own face in connection with the face of the painted person. So plenty of room for self-reflection.

Boxes for breakfast, 2021, digital print on canvas: 80x120cm Eduard Manet "Breakfast in the countryside" (1862-1863) The famous picture by Eduard Manet "Breakfast in the Green" (1862-1863, 208 x 264.5 cm) experiences some "aesthetic" attacks in "Boxen zum Frühstück" (2021) and gets a little accompaniment. The well-known subject is in the center of the image and is out of focus, while the hanging heads of the insurgent Chinese are further from the center of the image and only become clearer over time. While "The Breakfast in the Green" happens in the periphery (far from the center), thus becoming world famous and getting a special place in art history, the Boxer Rebellion happens in one center (Beijing) and is negated or interpreted differently by other centers in history .

Map, Great Britain and Asia

Uniforms of the German Reich Army and Navy

55 Nights in Beijing, 2020, installation, poster, black and white photographs, green silk cinema screen. Dimensions: 100x100cm The poster for the film “55 Days in Beijing” (1963) and black and white original photos of the executions after the Boxer Rebellion (1900) hang on a cinema screen in the aesthetics of the 1960s. Severed body parts, torture, human heads as trophies etc. can be seen on the photo material.

Civilization against barbarism, triptych, 2019: Caricature ´Barbarism - Civilization´, 1900, 12x18cm, photocopy of the image of a drone deployed in Afghanistan, dimensions: 20x3cm, kitchen knife The work interprets "barbarism" and "civilization" from the perspective of the fittest and HI-TECH technology owners.

Photo with Union Jack flag, T-shirt 2011

Video from the movie ´55 Days in Beijing´, clip, Queen Victoria about free trade, video, 1:20sec.

Opiates, 2020, installation, opium, opium user, opium pipe, "ceci n'est pas une pipe", car exhaust

War, 2021, photograph 12x7cm, mausoleum of Qin Shihuangdi, anti-pandemic Wuhan

HOLLYWOOD, 2021, photograph, 20x30cm

Revolutionary Splash, 2021, digital print on canvas, 40x40cm Cultural Revolution in China 1966-1976, "A Bigger Splash" 1967 David Hockney Mao swims in the Yangtze River 長江 / 长江, action, 1966 Cultural Revolution in China 1966-1976 "A Bigger Splash", 1967 David Hockney, dimensions 25x25cm How did Mao Tse Dong swim with party comrades in David Hockney's swimming pool? Slogans on the outer wall of Fudan University in the spring of 1976: "Blood and life in defense of the Central Committee, blood and life in defense of Mao" An exact number of people killed by the Cultural Revolution is not known. The available estimates (sometimes also politically motivated) vary widely and range from hundreds of thousands to 20 million deaths across China. Mao's expression: "With chaos on earth one achieves great order in the country"

"It's toasted" 1930 Lucky Strike promotional poster

Advertisement for nicotine in the First World War

Yummy savory delight Caffeine, cocaine, saccharin, coca cola in Chinese 可口可乐 (pronounced Kĕkŏu Kĕlè) means tasty/savory delight

Thinking game, 2021, 45x45 cm, PVC, squall game board in the room What is the opposite of gaming? Not playing? Think?

Ban Book, 2021, C-Print 50x70cm, Interview, 2021, YU Jie, Writer, Video 57 sec.

Two sticks and the ball, 2020, hockey stick, bo stick, ping-pong ball In this work, three different props from three different sports are put together. A hockey stick, a bo-stick, and a ping-pong ball. Hockey stick impregnated wood with color print Dimensions: 180 cm Bō stick dimensions: 190 cm Table tennis ball, plastic, diameter: 38mm Hockey was invented as a game in Denmark in 1134. Bō, The quarterstaff came to Japan through the Shaolin monks, who used the gun in their martial art of stick fighting. After some modifications (the gùn is thinner at one end than the other) it became known as the bō there. It was forbidden for people who did not belong to the warrior nobility of the samurai to carry weapons. However, as they were often ambushed on their travels, they had to develop and master an unobtrusive weapon that was unassuming yet effective. From then on, they carried the bo as a walking stick on their travels, which could immediately be used as a weapon in combat situations.

New York Star 2020 consumption, capitalism/socialism One of the popular New York City souvenirs is a baseball cap with an original design of the letters N and Y. Except for a well camouflaged red star, the base cap on display is a readymade.

"When the wind of renewal blows, some people build walls and others windmills" (Confucius), 2019, photograph 29x21cm While the Chinese are currently building the bridges and roads (the new Silk Road), other countries (e.g. the USA under Donald Trump) are building high walls to their neighboring countries.

Center - Border - Periphery, 2019, graphic, 10x20cm In visual form, this work analyzes different architectural approaches of the cultures (Old Egyptian and Old Chinese) in relation to the periphery (outer border of the empire) and the center (of power). For the ancient Egyptians, this line runs vertically, between below and above, earth and sky, men and gods. This is clearly reflected in the construction of the pyramids as one of the main building types of this culture. The pyramid (as an object) was intended to serve as a kind of bridge (from the center) to the sky (periphery) for the pharaohs. In the ancient Chinese, the line periphery / center runs horizontally, namely between man and man. The main work is a wall of separation. This Long Wall is built in the periphery of the empire to protect the center (the emperor) from the enemy (other peoples).

Two-dimensionality, 2020, triptych, color print on paper Dimensions: 50x70cm On the coat of arms of the People's Republic of China, among other things, 5 stars are shown. The large star symbolizes the Communist Party, the four smaller stars symbolize the "four classes" - workers, peasants, intellectuals and the national bourgeoisie - on which the political power of the People's Republic of China is to be based. Instead of the stars in the sky (as in the original VRC coat of arms), three quotes (works) by Kasimir Malevich appear here, such as the black square, black cross, black circle. The three works are presented in a new context and acquire a new meaning. The two-dimensionality replaces / covers the two-dimensionality. Black Circle 黑圈, Black Square 黑色方块, Black Cross 黑十字 Circle 圆圈, square 正方形, cross 叉