Seeing Words, Reading Images

Find out more about selected artworks from the exhibition

Seeing Words, Reading Images
The Written Art Collection in dialogue with the Deutsche Bank Collection

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Seeing Words, Reading Images

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Intro into the exhibition

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Intro into the exhibition
101
Lawrence Weiner, THE GRACE OF GESTURE, 2010

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Lawrence Weiner, THE GRACE OF GESTURE, 2010
102
On Kawara, JUNE 1, 1967, 1967

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On Kawara, JUNE 1, 1967, 1967

Chapter: wordsearch - Concept and Poetry
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Karin Sander, wordsearch, 2002

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Karin Sander, wordsearch, 2002

Chapter: wordsearch - Concept and Poetry
104
Etel Adnan, The Linden Tree Poems, 2019

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Etel Adnan, The Linden Tree Poems, 2019

Chapter: wordsearch - Concept and Poetry
105
Natalie Czech, A poem by Repetition by Emmett Williams, 2013

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Natalie Czech, A poem by Repetition by Emmett Williams, 2013

Chapter: wordsearch - Concept and Poetry
106
Herta Müller, Paper Collages, 2012

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Herta Müller, Paper Collages, 2012

Chapter: wordsearch - Concept and Poetry
107
Marcel Dzama, Ulysses, 2009

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Marcel Dzama, Ulysses, 2009

Chapter: Ulysses - Narration and Identity
108
Claudia Comte, Cecilia (interview painting), 2021

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Claudia Comte, Cecilia (interview painting), 2021

Chapter: Ulysses - Narration and Identity
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Slavs and Tatars, Molla Nasreddin the antimodern, 2012

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Slavs and Tatars, Molla Nasreddin the antimodern, 2012

Chapter: Ulysses - Narration and Identity
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Yinka Shonibare CBE, The African Library Collection (Poets), 2022

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Yinka Shonibare CBE, The African Library Collection (Poets), 2022

Chapter: Ulysses - Narration and Identity
111
Larissa Fassler, Regent Street/Regent's Park (Dickens thought it looked like a racetrack), 2009

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Larissa Fassler, Regent Street/Regent's Park (Dickens thought it looked like a racetrack), 2009

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
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Joseph Beuys, Initiation Gauloise, 1976

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Joseph Beuys, Initiation Gauloise, 1976

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
113
Qiu Zhijie, 24 World Maps, 2015-2017

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Qiu Zhijie, 24 World Maps, 2015-2017

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
114
Agathe Snow, Walls, 2010

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Agathe Snow, Walls, 2010

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
115
William Kentridge, Anti-Mercator, 2010-2011 & Untitled, Drawing for Black Box / Chambre Noire, 2005

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William Kentridge, Anti-Mercator, 2010-2011 & Untitled, Drawing for Black Box / Chambre Noire, 2005

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
116
Meschac Gaba, Museum of Contemporary African Art in Berlin, 2014

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Meschac Gaba, Museum of Contemporary African Art in Berlin, 2014

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
117
Wong Hoy Cheong, Study for Colonies Bite Back, 2001

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Wong Hoy Cheong, Study for Colonies Bite Back, 2001

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
118
Ellen Gallagher, La Chinoise, 2008

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Ellen Gallagher, La Chinoise, 2008

Chapter: Map of Utopia - History, Cartography, Worlds Design
120
Mounira Al Solh, His Funeral, Our Funeral, Their Funeral, 2023

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Mounira Al Solh, His Funeral, Our Funeral, Their Funeral, 2023

Chapter: Home of My Eyes - Home and Exile
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Shirin Neshat, Home of My Eyes, 2015

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Shirin Neshat, Home of My Eyes, 2015

Chapter: Home of My Eyes - Home and Exile
122
Viviane Sassen, Code/Blue, 2019

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Viviane Sassen, Code/Blue, 2019

Chapter: Small Right Hand Down - Democracy and Freedom
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Jenny Holzer, Redaction Paintings, 2005-2008

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Jenny Holzer, Redaction Paintings, 2005-2008

Chapter: Small Right Hand Down - Democracy and Freedom
125
Annette Kelm, Jeans Buttons, 2023

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Annette Kelm, Jeans Buttons, 2023

Chapter: Small Right Hand Down - Democracy and Freedom
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Mounira Al Solh, Sama'/Ma'as (Ba'ath), 2014

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Mounira Al Solh, Sama'/Ma'as (Ba'ath), 2014

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Chucavira, 1985

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Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Chucavira, 1985

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Siah Armajani, Panje Tan, 1960

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Siah Armajani, Panje Tan, 1960

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Ahmed Mater, Sajdah Illumination, 2009

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Ahmed Mater, Sajdah Illumination, 2009

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Imi Knoebel, Pencil drawings, untitled, 1972

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Imi Knoebel, Pencil drawings, untitled, 1972

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Yang Jiechang, 100 Layers of Ink, 1992-1994

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Yang Jiechang, 100 Layers of Ink, 1992-1994

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Yūichi Inoue, TORI, 1976

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Yūichi Inoue, TORI, 1976

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Rebecca Horn, Seelenfenster (Painting with Sculpture “Zimbel Zen”), 2012

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Rebecca Horn, Seelenfenster (Painting with Sculpture “Zimbel Zen”), 2012

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher
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Shiryū Morita, KI (JU), 1989

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Shiryū Morita, KI (JU), 1989

Chapter: Seelenfenster - Gesture, Movement, Cipher

Find out more about selected artworks from the exhibition

Seeing Words, Reading ImagesThe Written Art Collection in dialogue with the Deutsche Bank Collection

Seeing Words, Reading Images

100Intro into the exhibition

101Lawrence Weiner, THE GRACE OF GESTURE, 2010

102On Kawara, JUNE 1, 1967, 1967

103Karin Sander, wordsearch, 2002

104Etel Adnan, The Linden Tree Poems, 2019

105Natalie Czech, A poem by Repetition by Emmett Williams, 2013

106 Herta Müller, Paper Collages, 2012

107Marcel Dzama, Ulysses, 2009

108Claudia Comte, Cecilia (interview painting), 2021

109Slavs and Tatars, Molla Nasreddin the antimodern, 2012

110Yinka Shonibare CBE, The African Library Collection (Poets), 2022

111Larissa Fassler, Regent Street/Regent's Park (Dickens thought it looked like a racetrack), 2009

112Joseph Beuys, Initiation Gauloise, 1976

113Qiu Zhijie, 24 World Maps, 2015-2017

114Agathe Snow, Walls, 2010

115William Kentridge, Anti-Mercator, 2010-2011 & Untitled, Drawing for Black Box / Chambre Noire, 2005

116Meschac Gaba, Museum of Contemporary African Art in Berlin, 2014

117Wong Hoy Cheong, Study for Colonies Bite Back, 2001

118Ellen Gallagher, La Chinoise, 2008

120Mounira Al Solh, His Funeral, Our Funeral, Their Funeral, 2023

121Shirin Neshat, Home of My Eyes, 2015

122Viviane Sassen, Code/Blue, 2019

123Jenny Holzer, Redaction Paintings, 2005-2008

125Annette Kelm, Jeans Buttons, 2023

126Mounira Al Solh, Sama'/Ma'as (Ba'ath), 2014

127Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Chucavira, 1985

128Siah Armajani, Panje Tan, 1960

130Ahmed Mater, Sajdah Illumination, 2009

131Imi Knoebel, Pencil drawings, untitled, 1972

133Yang Jiechang, 100 Layers of Ink, 1992-1994

132Yūichi Inoue, TORI, 1976

134Rebecca Horn, Seelenfenster (Painting with Sculpture “Zimbel Zen”), 2012

135Shiryū Morita, KI (JU), 1989

Seeing Words, Reading Images
The Written Art Collection in dialogue with the Deutsche Bank Collection

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Intro into the exhibition

101
Lawrence Weiner, THE GRACE OF GESTURE, 2010

102
On Kawara, JUNE 1, 1967, 1967

103
Karin Sander, wordsearch, 2002

104
Etel Adnan, The Linden Tree Poems, 2019

105
Natalie Czech, A poem by Repetition by Emmett Williams, 2013

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Herta Müller, Paper Collages, 2012

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Marcel Dzama, Ulysses, 2009

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Claudia Comte, Cecilia (interview painting), 2021

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Slavs and Tatars, Molla Nasreddin the antimodern, 2012

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Yinka Shonibare CBE, The African Library Collection (Poets), 2022

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Larissa Fassler, Regent Street/Regent's Park (Dickens thought it looked like a racetrack), 2009

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Joseph Beuys, Initiation Gauloise, 1976

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Qiu Zhijie, 24 World Maps, 2015-2017

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Agathe Snow, Walls, 2010

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William Kentridge, Anti-Mercator, 2010-2011 & Untitled, Drawing for Black Box / Chambre Noire, 2005

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Meschac Gaba, Museum of Contemporary African Art in Berlin, 2014

117
Wong Hoy Cheong, Study for Colonies Bite Back, 2001

118
Ellen Gallagher, La Chinoise, 2008

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Mounira Al Solh, His Funeral, Our Funeral, Their Funeral, 2023

121
Shirin Neshat, Home of My Eyes, 2015

122
Viviane Sassen, Code/Blue, 2019

123
Jenny Holzer, Redaction Paintings, 2005-2008

125
Annette Kelm, Jeans Buttons, 2023

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Mounira Al Solh, Sama'/Ma'as (Ba'ath), 2014

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Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Chucavira, 1985

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Siah Armajani, Panje Tan, 1960

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Ahmed Mater, Sajdah Illumination, 2009

131
Imi Knoebel, Pencil drawings, untitled, 1972

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Yang Jiechang, 100 Layers of Ink, 1992-1994

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Yūichi Inoue, TORI, 1976

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Rebecca Horn, Seelenfenster (Painting with Sculpture “Zimbel Zen”), 2012

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Shiryū Morita, KI (JU), 1989