The Stranger, September 27th, 2007
IN ART NEWS
On the crisp morning of Sunday, September 2, I climbed a steep hill in central Germany. It was more than a kilometer's walk in a wooded park, up winding paths that led past ornamental bridges and waterfalls. At the bottom of the hill was an 18th-century palace; at the top was a Hercules statue so high up that it overlooks the entire city of Kassel. Also at the top of the hill was a billboard-size photograph of the room where the security guards sit at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.
Kassel was bombed heavily in World War II. Vowing to reconnect German life with progressive art ...
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