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Albrecht Schäfer<br />

Malewitsch Museum Biberach, 2002/2005<br />

Laserpr<strong>in</strong>t on paper, 306 x 552 cm<br />

»In 1927 Malevich travelled to Berl<strong>in</strong> to p<strong>art</strong>icipate <strong>in</strong> the ‘Great Berl<strong>in</strong> Art Exhibition’.<br />

For unknown reasons he had to leave earlier for Russia. He left beh<strong>in</strong>d all pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

which he had entrusted to the architect Hugo Här<strong>in</strong>g until the planned return.<br />

Malevich never saw his pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs aga<strong>in</strong>. In a meander<strong>in</strong>g odyssey Här<strong>in</strong>g brought<br />

the pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs which became a risk to own <strong>in</strong> the Nazi period, to his Swabian home<br />

town Biberach <strong>in</strong> 1943. After the war he offered the town the pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs for a very low<br />

price. The town rejected the offer. Här<strong>in</strong>g then sold the pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs to the Stedelijk<br />

Museum Amsterdam, where they are still located.<br />

What would have happened if the pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs had not been sold to Holland, but had<br />

rema<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the small town of Biberach? At this po<strong>in</strong>t the fictive project beg<strong>in</strong>s: The<br />

town of Biberach buys the collection and builds the Malevich Museum Biberach for<br />

it follow<strong>in</strong>g a controversial public debate.«<br />

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