Multi-media, text-based artistic practice by Stefan Brüggemann focuses on acerbic and humorous critiques of the art world and contemporary culture.
Working with neon lights, vinyl lettering, or painted texts, Brüggemann’s works are often eponymously titled and self-referentially create contradictions that question the purpose, placement, and operations that we typically assume for artworks.
For instance, for a 2012 commission by the Bass Museum in Miami, Brüggemann painted the phrase “(THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE)” on one of the museum’s exterior walls. The project was requested by the institution but suggests that its existence is either misplaced or unwarranted. Such conundrums undermine the values and beliefs we often take for granted when looking at art.
His oeuvre is rooted in post-conceptual practices that combine media independence – characteristic of the art of the late 60s and early 70s – with market-oriented formalities and a bitter response towards the categorization of aesthetic values.
Embedded in the application of philosophical concepts (mainly grounded on post-structuralism and deconstructionism), his work acknowledges a range of concerns that emphasize the role of ideas and meaning through text and visual arrays.
Images courtesy of Stefan Brüggemann
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