
Tue Greenfort
Secession
Friedrichstraße 12
July 25, 2013–November 18, 2007
Curated by Jeanette Pacher
In its engagement with current socioeconomic and environmental conditions, Berlin-based artist Tue Greenfort’s practice strikes an impish balance between consumption and conservation. In his projects, conceptual and critical works—appropriated and subtly reengineered—crop up in “new” forms: In 2005, Greenfort re-presented Hans Haacke’s 1963–65 Condensation Cube, now made with water bottled by Coca-Cola; his use of oversize exhibition captions echoes Lawrence Weiner’s wall texts; a melted plastic jug set on a gallery floor evokes Richard Serra’s molten Splashing of 1968. Such recycling—of ideas and attitudes as much as imagery and materials—draws attention, often amused, toward the finer-grained aspects of urban existence. Producing about ten new pieces for this show—including sculpture, photography, and installation—Greenfort will tackle such weighty subjects as industrial history, overpopulation, and hunger.