Axel Philipp’s Cars

We showed Axel Philipp’s sandpaper drawings in 2010′s “Come As You Are” show; now, a very different of his works – S KY 2000 – is part of the “Car Culture” exhibition at the ZKM, and I had the pleasure to write the text for the catalogue. The object itself – a vintage Mercedes cabriolet filled to the brim with oil – is conceptually as minimalist as it gets, but evokes a very quiet kind of visual magic through the infinite reflecting depth of the black fluid (also, metaphors abound). A second work by Axel could unfortunately not be included in the exhibition, but can be seen on the website along with my text.