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    Kerim Seiler
    Stab (Rot) (Rod (Neon)), 2013

    Wood, glass, luminophore: neon, cable, transformer (3000 W, 18 MA)
    231 x ø 5 cm

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    Kerim Seiler
    CMYK

    Varnish, alucore
    148 x 422 cm

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  • Prisma

    Kerim Seiler
    Raumprisma (Space Prism)

    Chrome steel, glass
    4 parts, each: 226 x 113 cm

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    Kerim Seiler
    Raumprisma (Space Prisma)

    Murano glass, luminescent substance, argon, transformator
    156.3 x 149.5 cm

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    Kerim Seiler
    Flag of Mars

    Oil on canvas
    226 x 339 x 6 cm

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    Kerim Seiler
    Lolek und Bolek

    Wood, screws, acrylic lacquer
    75 x 175 x 82 cm

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    Kerim Seiler
    Bardo, 2018

    Digital print,

    Ed. 1/8 + 2AP + 1PP
    112 x 112 cm

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  • Seiler

    Kerim Seiler

    Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue

    April 6 - May 25, 2018

  • Press Release EnglishPressetext Deutsch

    Opening hours:
    Every Friday 11 am – 6 pm
    and by prior arrangement 

      

    Grieder Contemporary is delighted to present Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue its fourth solo exhibition featuring the artist Kerim Seiler.

     

    There is no need for chromatic aberration. — Goethe

    That sociopathic feeling one gets in Kerim Seiler's studio, with the sun piercing rabidly through sky lights to the accompaniment by Mahavishnu Orchestra — is this the essence of Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?

    The liberality with which Heaven now and again unites in one person the inexhaustible riches of its treasures and all those graces and rare gifts it usually disperses amongst many over an extended period of generations is seen crystallized in the four paintings we find in this iconic exhibition.

    Inside Seiler's studio, 800 square meters ceilinged at 10 meters and surrounded above and to either side by silent corporate offices, studio assistants include a young man on the verge of receiving certification in massage therapy, who kneads away knots of tension that attend pathological art production; an older man buzzes about painting imaginary ornamentation along canvas peripheries; Seiler's strapping teenage son, Red, paints backgrounds; a lady painter spends four days per week refining foreground imagery. It is in this bustling production house that Caravaggio in his autumn years is most easily recalled.

    There is no experimentum crucis that could decide for or against Seiler’s theory on colors of the spectrum. Moreover, we may say that those who possess such gifts as Seiler are not men but mortal gods, and that those who by their works leave an honored name among us on the roll of fame may hope to receive a fitting rewardin Heaven for their succoring labors and long-echoing merits.

     

    Text: David Woodard

     

    The exhibition can be visited every Friday from 11 AM – 6 PM and by appointment. For further information and images please contact Caroline Rungger at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Tel. +41 43-818-56-07.

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    Kerim Seiler
    Kerim in the Sky with Seiler
    Nieves, Zurich 2010
    English
    3 volumes in jacket,
    each 96 pp., ill.

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  • Biography EnglishBiography German

     

    1974

    Born in Bern, CH

    Lives and works in Zurich, CH and Berlin, DE

     

     

    Education

    2007/11 
    Master of Advanced Sciences in Architecture CAAD, ETH Zurich, CH

    1997-02
    Freie Kunst, diploma with B. J. Blume, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE

    1993-95
    Média Mixtes, Ecole Superieure d’Art Visuel, Geneva, CH

    1991/92 
    Vorkurs, Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich, CH

     

     


    Solo exhibitions 

    2023
    Rn, Grieder Contemporary, Kusnacht/ Zurich, CH

    2018
    Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue, Grieder Contemporary, Kusnacht/ Zurich, CH

    2017
    Ceci n’est pas un Onion (Performance Sockel), Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH

    2016
    Relay (Situationist Space Program), Opening festivities of the Gotthard basis tunnels (GBT), Rynächt und Pollegio, CH

    2015
    SOMMES. SOME. SUM., NR Projects, Berlin, DE
    Performance: "Space is my Canvas". In the context of SOS DADA - The world is a Mess, Salon Suisse @ Palazzo Trevisan / Campo di Sant'Agnese, Venice, IT 

    2014
    Relay (Situationst Space Program), abc, Berlin, DE
    spouligenion, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH

    2013
    Collateral Neighbors, Salon Neucologne, Berlin, DE

    2012
    Freak Magnet, Galerie Melike Bilir, Hamburg, DE
    Floccinaucinihilipilification, Grieder Contemporary Projects, Berlin, DE
    Omnitlotl, Walcheturm, Zurich, CH (cat.)

    2011
    Relay (Situationst Space Program), Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg, ZA
    Architektur im Würgegriff der Kunst, Wäscherei Kunstverein, Zurich, CH (cat.)
    Mamabar, Dakini’s Bar und Kaffee, Zurich, CH

    2010
    The Situationist Space Program, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bukarest, RO
    Nomadic structures, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
    Maintenant, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht/Zurich, CH (cat.)

    2009
    Pneuma, somnambul, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, FR
    Effetto Barnum, La Rada, Locarno, CH
    Spiel des Lebens, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, CH
    Babel – Situationist Space Program, Babel, Bellinzona, CH

    2008 
    Cravan, (in collaboration with Caroline Pachoud and Adrian Notz), Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH (cat.)

    2007 
    MgBeth, (in collaboration with ETH Zurich), Migros Hochhaus, Zurich, CH
    Irisinn's Souvenir, Galerie Ruzicska / Weiss, Düsseldorf, DE
    Tetrascope, (in collaboration with ETH Zurich) ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich, CH
    Spume / Holotypes, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, US

    2006 
    KeVin Seiler, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH
    Clones International – Stop 2: Europe, message salon, Zurich, CH
    Creature Comfort, Blank Projects, Cape Town, ZA

    2005 
    Heliopolis, Ruzicska / Weiss, Düsseldorf, DE
    In cold blood – After Truman Capote, Gessnerallee, Zurich, CH
    Clones International – Stop 1,2 & 3, Cape Town, ZA, Lüneburg, DE, New York City, US

    2004 
    Planetengetriebe, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH
    Stroke, Zimmerfrei, Lugano, CH
    Im Lampenfieber, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH

    2003 
    Episode, Center, Berlin, DE
    Grosse Brut / Paravent, Harburger Kunstverein, Harburg, DE

    2002 
    Hall of Fame, (in collaboration with Tjorg Douglas Beer), artGenda, Alte Börse, Hamburg, DE
    Arthurs Träne, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, DE
    Lattenwald, Stiftung Binz 39, Zurich, CH

    2001 
    Rampensau, Theater an der Winkelwiese, Zurich, CH

    2000 
    Schlaf, Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse, Hamburg, DE (cat.)
    Hypnose I, etc., Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich, CH
    Seelenzentrifuge, Horten out bei Bochynek, Düsseldorf, DE
    Petit Déjeuner / Frühstück, PAC & message salon, Fribourg, DE (cat.)
    Manfred, Museum PasquART, Biel, CH

    1999 
    Made in Egypt, Cairo-Berlin Gallery, Kairo, EG
    Projekt Durchbruch, (in collaboration with Nic Hess), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, CH (cat.)

    1998 
    Ohne Titel, Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich, CH

    1997 
    Kein Titel, Akryl auf Pavatex, message salon, Zurich, CH (cat.)


     

    Group exhibitions

    2022
    Winter Show, Sexauer Gallery, Berlin, DE
    Collecting: Revisited, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, CH

    2020
    Made in Zürich, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, CH

    2019
    Welt am Draht, 25th International fair for contemporary art, Kunsthalle Schlieren, Zürich, CH

    2017
    Gasträume, Paradeplatz, Zurich, CH
    Mit Dank und Knicks, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH
    Center of the World, Galerie Ebensperger, Salzburg, AT
    Mosespa, Motel Campo, Genève, CH
    Ewige Gegenwart, Helmhaus Zurich, CH

    2016
    Works from the collection, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, DE

    Obsession Dada, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH

    2015
    Sculptumes & Costures, Art en Plein Air, Parc Mon-Repos, Lausanne, CH
    Signalwege, Stadtraum Würzburg, DE

    2012
    St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, CH
    Shine on you Crazy Diamond, Ex-Ernst & Young, Zurich, CH (cat.)
    Dancing Fundaments – The Aestethic of Inconvenience, Irbis-12°, Samedan, CH
    Kult Zürich Aussersihl, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH (cat.)

    2011
    Start.Reloaded, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
    Kult Zürich Aussersihl, Malzfabrik, Berlin, DE
    Rewriting Worlds – DADA Moscow, 4. Moscow Biennale, Moscow, RU (cat.)
    Kunstbegriffe, Galerie Melike Bilir, Hamburg, DE
    Friends and Lovers in Underground, Willy Brandt Strasse, Hamburg, DE
    Wall Floor Piece, Galerie von Bartha, Basel, CH
    Art en plein Air, Môtiers, CH (cat.)
    Videoex, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH

    2010
    ArtBoom, Public Space, Krakow, PL
    Les Urbaines, Public Space, Lausanne, CH
    Under Pressure, Lodz Design Centre, Lodz, PL (cat.)
    Schritte ins Verborgene, kartause Ittingen, Ittingen, CH (cat.)
    AZB Forever, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH (cat.)
    Blickwechsel, Public Space, Siegen, DE (cat.)

    2009
    Oliver Ross & Kerim Seiler stellen aus, message salon, Zurich, CH (cat.)
    Wir verbessern Ihre Arbeit, Instituto Divorciado at Galerie Sandra Brügel, Berlin, DE (cat.)
    Narcotica, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Basel, CH
    Lichterlöschen, WestSide, Bern, CH
    Utopics, Bienne, CH (cat.)

    2008
    Sammlungsschätze, Stiftung Liner, Appenzell, CH
    Sculpture Trail, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht/Zurich, CH (cat.)
    MgBeth (Revisited), Art Unlimited, Basel, CH (cat.)
    Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH (cat.)
    Diskurs im Grünen, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, DE

    2007
    The Situationist International: 1957-1972, Museum Tinguely, Basel, CH (cat.)
    Triennale de l'Estampe, Museé des Beaux Arts, Le Locle, CH (cat.)
    Odds and Ends, Galerie Ruzicska/Weiss, Düsseldorf, DE
    Art en plain Air, Môtiers, CH (cat.)
    Selected work 2005–2007, Blank Projects, Cape Town, ZA
    Paper Tigers: Transgression / Excess, Space Other, Boston, USA
    För Hitz ond Brand, Fünfeckpalast, Trogen, CH (cat.)

    2006
    Contra Golpe, Instituto Divorciados, Berlin, DE
    Proces, Nationalgalerie, Prag, CZ
    Visioni del Paradiso, Istituto Svizzero, Rom, IT (cat.)
    Schweizerische Druckgrafik 1980 – 2005, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, DE (cat.)

    2005 
    Rosa 9, Kunstverein, Freiburg i. Breisgau, DE
    Re-Escape, Stadtraum, Hamburg, DE (cat.)
    Celebration, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, DE
    This is not an easy way down, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, ZA

    2004 
    L'Air de Temps, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
    L'Occasion Rêvée, Triangle / Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
    Kunst für die Kunst, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, CH (cat.)

    2003 
    Unter 30, Museum Liner, Appenzell, CH (cat.)
    Feine Ware (I-III), Harburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, DE (cat.)
    Durchzug/Draft, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, CH (cat.)
    Handlungsräume, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, DE (cat.)

    2002 
    Grand Opening, ausstellungsraum25, Zurich, CH

    2001 
    Wald & Explosionen, (in collaboration with Nic Hess), Helmhaus, Zurich, CH (cat.)
    Pflumm Seiler Stucki, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, CH (cat.)

    2000 
    Friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH  (cat.)
    Dada Revivals, Kunsthaus, Zurich, CH

    1999 
    Friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH  (cat.)
    Dogdays are over, Centre Suisse Culturel, Paris, FR

    1998 
    Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zürich, CH / Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt am Main, DE  (cat.)

    1997 
    Diskland / Snowscape, (in collaboration with David Renggli), Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, CH

     

    Prizes and Grants

    2011
    Studio grant, Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr, Berlin, DE

    2005 
    Sponsorship award, Stiftung für die graphische Kunst in der Schweiz
    Werkbeitrag, Zurich canton
    Studio grant, Künstlerstätte Elbschloss Bleckede, DE

    2004 
    Studio grant, Pro Helvetia, Kapstadt, ZA
    Studio grant, Astérides, Marseille, FR

    2003 
    Werkbeitrag, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung (cat.)

    2002 
    Werkbeitrag, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung (cat.)

    2001 
    Werkbeitrag, City of Zurich
    Werkbeitrag, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung  (cat.)
    Eidgenössischer Preis für Freie Kunst  (cat.)

    2000 
    Studio grant, Stiftung Binz 39 (cat.)

    1999 
    Studio grant, City of Zurich, CH in Cairo, EG

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Frühling (Spring )</em>, 2015<br />Wood, lacquer<br />80 x 260 x 75 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Frühling (Spring), 2015
    Wood, lacquer
    80 x 260 x 75 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Indifferent</em> , 2015<br />Neon<br />Ed. 2/3<br />60 x 240 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Indifferent, 2015
    Neon
    Ed. 2/3
    60 x 240 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>New Babylon</em>, 2015<br />Concrete, steel, acrylic glass, wood<br />Ca. 650 x 210 x 190 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    New Babylon, 2015
    Concrete, steel, acrylic glass, wood
    Ca. 650 x 210 x 190 cm

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>gelf, rôt unde blâ</em> (= Middle High German <em>Yellow, Red, Blue</em> ), 2015<br />larch wood, pigments

    Kerim Seiler
    gelf, rôt unde blâ (= Middle High German Yellow, Red, Blue ), 2015
    larch wood, pigments

  •  Kerim Seiler,<em>OURS d'après Regine Gallard</em>, 2014<br />Carrara marble<br />105 x 204 x 75 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    OURS d'après Regine Gallard, 2014
    Carrara marble
    105 x 204 x 75 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Birdhouse II </em>, 2014<br />Wood, acrylic lacquer, iron, aluminium<br />240 x 120 x 60 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Birdhouse II, 2014
    Wood, acrylic lacquer, iron, aluminium
    240 x 120 x 60 cm

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  •  Kerim Seiler,<em>IOU</em>, 2014<br />Neon tubing, tube brackets, silicon caps, transformer, cable<br />200 x 600 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    IOU, 2014
    Neon tubing, tube brackets,

    silicon caps, transformer, cable
    200 x 600 cm

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  •  Kerim Seiler,<em>Diego Fernandez</em>, 2014<br />Aluminium, handpainted<br />22 x 35 x 38 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Diego Fernandez, 2014
    Aluminium, handpainted
    22 x 35 x 38 cm

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  •  Kerim Seiler,<em>Neon Lights and Polar Bear</em>, 2014<br />9 Drypoints<br />Ed. of 8 + 2 AP + 1 PP

    Kerim Seiler
    Neon Lights and Polar Bear, 2014
    9 Drypoints
    Ed. of 8 + 2 AP + 1 PP

  •  Kerim Seiler,<em>Ne Travaillez Jamais (Neon Lights and Polar Bear)</em>, 2014<br />Drypoint<br />28 x 49 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Ne Travaillez Jamais

    (Neon Lights and Polar Bear), 2014
    Drypoint
    28 x 49 cm

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  • 2014 SEILER GC 1

    Kerim Seiler

    spouligenion

    April 5 – May 31, 2014

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Working Space</em> , 2013<br />Neon, argon, glass, cable, transformer<br />290 x 470 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Working Space, 2013
    Neon, argon, glass, cable, transformer
    290 x 470 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Relay (St. Moritz)</em>, 2012<br />Iron, wood, aluminium, polycarbonate, neon, acrylic lacquer<br />600 x 600 x 800 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Relay (St. Moritz), 2012
    Iron, wood, aluminium, polycarbonate, neon, acrylic lacquer
    600 x 600 x 800 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Ego Sum</em>, 2012<br />Neon, steel, cable, transformer<br />Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP<br />203 x 219 x 11 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Ego Sum, 2012
    Neon, steel, cable, transformer
    Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP
    203 x 219 x 11 cm

    SEILE11248

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Floccinaucinihilipilification</em>, 2012<br />Neon, cable, transformer<br />68 x 60 x 7.8 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Floccinaucinihilipilification, 2012
    Neon, cable, transformer
    68 x 60 x 7.8 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Rod (Gold)</em>, 2012<br />Wood, glass, luminophore: argon, cable, transformer<br />Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP<br />231 x ø 5 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Rod (Gold), 2012
    Wood, glass, luminophore: argon, cable, transformer
    Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP
    231 x ø 5 cm

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  • SEILER 2012 Berlin GCP 1

    Kerim Seiler

    Floccinaucinihilipilification

    April 28 – July 7, 2012

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Tyger, tyger</em> , 2011<br />Larch wood, chrome steel, lacquer<br />Installation: Novartis Campus, Basel (CH)

    Kerim Seiler
    Tyger, tyger, 2011
    Larch wood, chrome steel, lacquer
    Installation: Novartis Campus, Basel (CH)

  • 2011 Zuerich GC Start.Reloaded 1B

    START. RELOADED

    October 28, 2011 – January 21, 2012

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Maintenant</em>, 2010<br />Neon tubes, pipe brackets, silicon caps, transformers<br />Ed. of 3 + 1 AP<br />40 x 450 x 24 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Maintenant, 2010
    Neon tubes, pipe brackets, silicon caps, transformers
    Ed. of 3 + 1 AP
    40 x 450 x 24 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Labyrinth</em>, 2010<br />Wood print on paper<br />Ed. of 16 + 1 HC<br />77 x 77 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Labyrinth, 2010
    Wood print on paper
    Ed. of 16 + 1 HC
    77 x 77 cm

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  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Untitled (Rosette)</em>, 2010<br />Multi-coloured wood print on paper<br />Ed. of 8 + 1 HC<br />80 x 100 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Untitled (Rosette), 2010
    Multi-coloured wood print on paper
    Ed. of 8 + 1 HC
    80 x 100 cm

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  • SEILE 2010 Kuesnacht GC 1

    Kerim Seiler

    Maintenant

    February 5 – April 16, 2010

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Effetto Barnum</em>, 2009<br />Fabric, ventilation tubes, wood, acrylic glass, neon tubes, cable<br />Dimensions variable

    Kerim Seiler
    Effetto Barnum, 2009
    Fabric, ventilation tubes, wood, acrylic glass, neon tubes, cable
    Dimensions variable

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>Alice</em> , 2008<br />Fabric, ventilation tubes<br />800 x 1250 x 600 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    Alice, 2008
    Fabric, ventilation tubes
    800 x 1250 x 600 cm

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  • 2008 Kuesnacht GC Sculpture Trail 4

    Sculpture Trail

    With works by Manfred Pernice, Sylvie Fleury, Erwin Wurm, Lutz Guggisberg, Kerim Seiler, Daniel Silver, Thomas Kiesewetter, Krysten Cunningham, Melli Ink

    1 June – 30 August 2008

  • Kerim Seiler,<em>MgBeth</em>, 2007<br />Fabric, ventilation tubes<br />400 x 1200 x 1000 cm

    Kerim Seiler
    MgBeth, 2007
    Fabric, ventilation tubes
    400 x 1200 x 1000 cm

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