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above: Glück Auf II, 2018, ca 200 used coal miners hats, electrics, LED lights, Santa Barbara figures, cola miners lamps and a bird cage

below: Glück Auf I, 1991 (collection Museum DKM), table with porcelain plates showing portraits of coal miners after their last shift and just before the coal mine was closing.     wall (2018): Names and locations of all coal mines in Duisburg

 

Installation views from the exhibition Kunst und Kohle (art and coal), Die schwarze Seite, Museum DKM, Duisburg/Germany, 2018

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