Haacke starts this interview talking about his own “political art” and why that term is ineffectual and narrow-minded. Even though he expresses that his art is really more dealing with ideologies rather than individual events that appear in the newspapers, he goes on to mention a number of highly-charged pieces that have to do with specific issues of the day. Discussion follows concerning the cancellation of the Guggenheim show and the motives behind that incident. The rest of the article is HH explaining various pieces that he created in reaction to certain political atrocities and for certain occasions. The interview closes with its best soundbyte: “Dealing with real works requires a commensurate sophistication.”
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