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PHILIPPE VAN WOLPUTTE 18 JUNE 2010
INHALING MINERALS AS-BEST AS POSSIBLE
WARTECK BUILDING BASEL
LISTE 2010 PERFORMANCE PROGRAM CURATED BY SILKE BITZER
In his recent works Philippe Van Wolputte has been working with asbestos, a mineral that he often stumbles upon in his research and discoveries of abandoned spaces. Since 2009 the artist has been collecting asbestos from various locations and will now assign it a new function in his upcoming works. Instead of removing asbestos and disposing of it responsibly, he brings the mineral compound back into public space in the format of asbestos paintings, as a remembrance of a time of ignorance and denial.
For the intervention Inhaling Minerals As-best As Possible the artist focuses on the Warteck building in Basel. A video documents his research in the basement, - the starting point for various future works.
Recently he wrote on the subject for the twenty-first edition of Gagarin magazine, in which he re-uses internet forum discussions dealing with the matter, as well as a selection of fragments taken form commercials of the 1950's promoting various asbestos materials.
Friday June 18th the result will be shown at the booth of Wilfried Lentz at the artfair Liste in Basel along with a short video programme of other interventions of Philippe van Wolputte (booth 2/2 , second floor behind the restaurant)
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