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Roger Willemsen
?–2016
Conceptual ArtConceptual ArtInstitutional Critique
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- • Conceptual Art
- • Institutional Critique
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Roger Willemsen was a German conceptual artist whose practice interrogated language, narrative, and the institutional structures underlying artistic presentation. Working with text, installation, and performance, he positioned philosophy and visual critique in direct dialogue, often examining how meaning is constructed and circulated within cultural institutions. Based in Berlin, Willemsen operated within the tradition of institutional critique, using conceptual strategies to expose the assumptions embedded in artistic and curatorial frameworks.
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