Archive Hatje Cantz Verlag | Michael Hakimi

The Murals, Computer Images, Paper Works, Drawings, And Objects By The Berlin-Based German Artist Michael Hakimi (*1968 In Eutin) Are Combined In Site-Specific Installations To Form Intricate Networks Of Meaning.
Hakimi Expands The Function Of His Formally Reduced Two-Dimensional Images By Means Of His Interventions, Emphasizing The Semantic Divide Between Object And Sign. The Artist Examines The Narrative Potential Of Symbols And Basic Geometric Shapes Through The Collage-Like Interaction Of His Works With Readymades Of The Simplest Materials. His Installation Large Oven (2004), Realized For The Kunstverein Hamburg, And The Spatial Project Roof (2007), Produced For The Kunsthalle Basel, Both Of Which Are Comprehensively Documented For The First Time In The Present Publication, Create Walk-In Scenarios Reflecting Social, Political, And Urban Realities. Over And Beyond These Core Themes, This Monograph With Retrospective Character Presents All Of The Works Hakimi Has Produced Since 2002.