Karl Holmqvist: WALLS, WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?

Book launch and spoken word reading of Karl Holmqvist’s new book Berlin Trilogy PART I, a reworking of lyrics from David Bowie, Lou Reed and Nina Hagen among many others as a comment on the state of things in today’s world.

Karl Holmqvist lives and works in Berlin. His work includes writing in artist’s books, installations, video and spoken word performance.

Recent solo exhibitions include presentations at Beau Travail, Stockholm; Laxart, Los Angeles; Fridericianum, Kassel; Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Geneva; Kunstverein Braunschweig (with Klara Lidén); Power Station, Dallas; Camden Arts Centre, London, and others.

He has participated in the Venice Biennial in 2003 and 2011 and Performa, New York in 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2023. His works can be found in the collections of Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Le Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Fridericianum, Kassel; and Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf. He is represented by Galerie Neu, Berlin; dépendance, Brussels; and House of Gaga, Mexico City.

The performance takes place on the ground floor loading bay. Entrance to Kunsthalle Zürich is free on the last day of the exhibition.