venice biennale 2001. photoreport on the 49th art exhibition ...............................................................................................................................................

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germany artist: georg schneider (rheydt, 1969) winner of the leone d'oro see awards commissioner: udo kittelmann curator: michael staab susanne charlotte pfeffer main sponsor: dornbracht (http://www.dornbracht.de) the core of his artistic work is a standard tenement building in rheydt, the so-called 'haus ur', which he is constantly remodelling. he construct rooms in already esisting rooms, build walls in front of existing walls. shifting the material is also an elementary component of his artistic work: schneider transferred parts of the 'haus ur' to the german pavilion. georg schneider at work, courtesy dornbracht haus 'ur' by georg schneider

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