What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
Hans HaackeWhenever the medium of photography is useful for a particular task, I use it. If another medium is more suitable I use that.
Hans HaackeArt in the art world, and culture in general, are branches of the media, which produces our political and social thinking climate.
Hans HaackeMuseums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
Hans HaackeWhat I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
Hans Haacke