by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on November 2, 2012
Yesterday, the Guggenheim announced Vo as the winner of this year’s Hugo Boss Prize, and he now joins the ranks of Matthew Barney, Tacita Dean, and Rikrit Tiravanija, all previous winners of the prize. So how’s the work? We’re ambivalent.
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by Will Brand on April 28, 2011
One thing experience has taught me: just because you can relate everything to Andy Warhol, doesn’t mean you should. Carol Vogel’s article about Hans-Peter Feldmann’s plans for his upcoming exhibition at the Guggenheim is a good example. Feldmann, who as the winner of the Hugo Boss Prize receives both a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim and $100,000, plans to pin the money in $1 bills to the walls of the museum. I’m torn about the concept – accumulating a bunch of identical objects and lining the gallery with them is pretty old hat - but the humility that drives it is, I think, honest.
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