DÉCOLLAGES

On the way from Évian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains I saw these old posters from the moving car. I stopped and jumped out with my equipment.

I was able to peel off just 2 layers. The lower layer revealed wonderful structures and signs of decay.

The previous week I had found an old Ikea frame on the bulky waste in Stuttgart. I painted this frame and used it to mount the artpop series on it.

The venerable hanseatic city of Bremen still offers a paradise of (ripped) posters.

For some local politicians, the use of billboards that are no longer used, is like a disfigurement.

After all, it is an expression of public participation. The neighbourhood is alive.

Ripping off the posters was quite easy, because it was wet due to rainy weather.

In portuguese cities like Lisboa, Aveiro or Porto one can find décollage material at the power cable distributors.

As the german term is "Kabelverteilerschrank" or "KVS", the series is titled with KVS plus serial number.

Here again the diversity of décollages manifests itself.