THOMAS HIRSCHHORN
Philosophical Battery
Listening to Thomas Hirschhorn talk about art, it's hard to resist the sensation that all the other artists have got it wrong. Not that he's critical of their work -- in fact, I've never heard him mention another living artist by name. It's more a matter of getting caught up in his enthusiasm. Thomas Hirschhorn is a fanatic. His ardor for the thinkers after whom he names many of his works -- Ingeborg Bachmann Kiosk, Deleuze Monument, Bataille Monument, and most recently, 24h Foucault -- is evident not only in these works' devotion to their subjects' writings, but also in the sheer volume of material deployed toward this end.
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