Artist field note

Hans Haacke

Institutions become visible as political systems.

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Shapolsky et al. by Hans Haacke — Detail of the work
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Shapolsky et al.

1971

Documents map a slum landlord's holdings so precisely that institutional discomfort becomes part of the work.

The five in one idea

Haacke showed that museums, money and public images are never outside politics.