Hans Haacke @ Paula Cooper Gallery
19 01 2008534 W. 21st Street, New York, NY
Here’s a show to see not only because of it’s grandeur, but also because of the historical significance of the artist. Hans Haacke, a seminole conceptual artist, presents works from the earliest stages of Haacke’s career in the 60s up to a very recent piece in 2005. It’s basically a mini-retrospective.
I was pretty stoked to see in person a piece that really ruffled a lot of feathers in 1971. Haacke was suppose to have a solo show at the Guggenheim that year, it was installed and ready-to-go when the museum decided to cancel it due to monetary politics over the content of the subject matter. Sol Goldman and Alex DiLorenzo Manhattan Real Estate Holdings, a Real-Time Social System, as of May1, 1971 lists apartment buildings that are owned by two particular real estate lords that unfairly treated their tenants.

