Ottjörg. A.C., born 1958 in Heidelberg,
lives and works in Berlin and Beijing
www.ottjoerg.de


⁄⁄ Pavillon Jishuitan, 2004-2006 frottages

Surface Existences; Murals - The securing of evidence has constituted an essential part of Ottjörg A.C.'s artistic work right from the start. Since 1982, the artist frequently travels to China. He experiments with already existing drawings by anonymous originators left behind in public spaces, in order to 'immortalize' them. In the project Murals, he makes visible the scratched signs on the walls of the Hutongs in the form of colored frottage. Ottjörg A.C. lends a new aesthetics to the signs and traces ⁄⁄ ... ⁄⁄
Catalogue excerpt, by Rita Preuß





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