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UNTITLED (SOCKS #3)
2013
Steel, varnish, sock
200 x 20 x 27 cm


UNTITLED (SOCKS #4)
2013
Steel, varnish, sock
200 x 170 x 27 cm


UNTITLED (SOCKS #2)
2013
Steel, varnish, sock
170 x 30 x 27 cm


Walkowiak’s entire oeuvre is defined by his determination to call the canon in question on a very fundamental level while inquiring into its constituent factors. The vehicles for this undertaking are quotation, exaggeration, ironic refraction, performative juggling—all in all, deconstructive operations toward the delineation of a stance on what is, for now, uncertain terrain. The artist’s techniques are guided by his deep-seated skepticism of canonizations and master narratives in art and architectural history and effectively propose the dismantlement of dogma through forms of paradoxical intervention: play, surprising juxtaposition, détournement, displacement, digression. These prevent dogma from attaining genuine power by eliciting laughter or at least amusement. Humor is employed to prompt flashes of dialectical insight. [...]



Text: Sabine Folie, Vienna 2016
Photos: Matthias Bildstein




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