Bettina Pousttchi
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
First of all, it is probably worth getting one’s prepositions right. Bettina Pousttchi showed her new work at the Schirn Kunsthalle, but not so much in it; more precisely, her exhibition took place primarily on it: With her new installation, Framework, 2012, she gave the Schirn a new facade. In doing so, she was following up on a work from 2009, Echo, which was installed on the exterior of the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin for six months. That piece was inspired by the exterior of the recently demolished Palast der Republik, which had been the seat of the East German parliament as well as a cultural