Fabian Schöneich

Philippe Pirotte

Sophie von Olfers

A few years ago, independently from one another, American artists Mike Bouchet (born 1970) and Paul McCarthy (born 1945) both had made a work that transformed the Guggenheim Museum in New York into a toilet. This coincidence sparked an ongoing conversation about shared interests in the politics of art institutions and their architecture, leading up to a site-specific project for Portikus that took up these concerns in a multilayered exhibition structure involving not only the main exhibition space, but the office, the monumental attic space, the exterior of the building, the island that the institution is housed on as well as external locations within the city. The project has now culminated in an extensive publication, documenting the process and the final outcome of Powered A-Hole Spanish Donkey Sport Dick Drink Donkey Dong Dongs Sunscreen Model.

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Mike Bouchet, Paul McCarthy

Clare Molloy

Otobong Nkanga's first monograph, Luster and Lucre, charts an intensely productive period from 2013 to 2016, which includes exhibitions at the 8th Berlin Biennale; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main; KADIST, Paris; and M HKA, Antwerp. Its title encapsulates the complex concerns that underpin these shows: "luster," the illustrious shining of materials; and "lucre," profits and gains. With the mineral mica as her starting point, Nkanga's research took her to archives in Berlin, Strasbourg, and Windhoek, and led her along a colonial railroad in Namibia to the historic Tsumeb mine. This rich research became works that probe the ambivalence of that which shines: poems, intricate drawings, modular sculptures that form systems of display, and performances that are both gestural and dialogical. With a foreword by Städelschule director Philippe Pirotte, Luster and Lucre also contains the essays "The Refusal of Shine" by curator Natasha Ginwala and "Blacklight" by scholar Denise Ferreira da Silva, as well as "Intricate Connections," an interview between Otobong Nkanga, Clare Molloy, and Fabian Schöneich. The volume also contains three exhibition-pamphlet inserts. Copublished with Portikus, in collaboration with KADIST and M HKA Contributors Denise Ferreira da Silva, Natasha Ginwala, Clare Molloy, Otobong Nkanga, Philippe Pirotte, Fabian Schöneich

Luster and Lucre

Otobong Nkanga

Karen Kelly

Barbara Schroeder

Published on the occasion of of the exhibition Amy Sillman : the ALL-OVER, on view at Portikus, Frankfort, July 2-September 11, 2016, curated by Fabian Schöneich.

The All-over

Amy Sillman

Fabian Schöneich

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