Santiago Sierra

On Saturday September 30th 2000, from 5 - 9pm, the KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e.V. inaugurate a six-week performance of the 34 year old, Mexico City based artist Santiago Sierra. In addition the KW present the first extensive solo-exhibition of the artist in Europe.

Santiago Sierra concentrates on initiating and documenting actions and performances. Formally continuing the tradition of Minimal, Land Art, Arte Povera and of the performance work of the 1960s and 70s, all of Sierra's events have a highly critical dimension, dealing with the social and physical problems of people in the present world. Keeping a close eye on the political and social developments and on the dissimilarities between the so-called first, second and third worlds, Sierra deals above all with issues like physical work, health, nationality and social origin, examining different political and economic systems and their immediate consequences for the individual people.

Santiago Sierra