Isa Melsheimer

My case,
2010

fabric, thread, plastic foil, rubber boots

187 × 110 cm

My Case
This is the record of a box man. I am beginning this account in a box. A cardboard box that reaches just to my knees when I put it on over my head. That is to say, at this juncture the box man is me. A box man, in his box, is recording the chronicle of a box man.
(Kobo Abe, The Box Man)

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acrystal branches brass car tires cardboard cement ceramic ceramics concrete curtain fabric fluorescent lamp fly screen foam foil glass glaze gouache hama pearls ink lamp mattress metal mirror mosaic tiles moths nails paper mâché pearls penelope canvas plant plants plastic plastic bottles plexiglass porcelain poster pullovers quartz plaster rescue blankets roots seeds sequins sewing thread stone t-shirts thread tin video wire wood wool

0 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Z

Abgegolten,
2001

veneered particle board, branches, foam, fabric, paper tube, dry plants, bast, plastic foil, plexiglass, wine glasses, fluorescent lamp

200 × 100 × 65 cm

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Garten,
2001

fabric, foam, paper board, wood, plastic foil, plexiglass, ink- jet printings, fluorescent lamps, moth

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