Rebus & Riddle
Rebus # 1
1989
wall object, with text
wooden cane with metal bell, text
91 x 16 x 7 cm
91 x 50 x 15,5 cm
text:
»SACRIFICABO MACRUM NON DABO PINGUE SACRUM / SACRUM PINGUE DABO NON MACRUM SACRIFICABO«
text source:
C.C. [Charles Carroll] Bombaugh, Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature.
Ed. Martin Gardner, New York, London 1961
Rebus # 2
1989
wall object, with text
Rebus-Objekt Rebus object
salad plate, ink on paper, metal, paint, wire
4 cm (height), 22,5 / 23 cm (diameter)
Text: »4 TUNE«
no image available
(presumed location: Lisson Gallery, London)
Rebus # 3
1989
object
bamboo pole, saw
166 x 50 x 4 cm
Rebus # 4
1989
floor object
iron spring, thyme
40 x 15 x 15 cm
Rebus # 5
1990
floor object, with text
iron ring, wooden board, paint
112 x 15,5 x 8,5 cm
No image available (current whereabouts unknown)
Rebus # 6
1990
object
glass, metal pie tin, pie, paper, ink
3 x 34 x 34 cm
location: unknown
»S Pie Glass« (»Spy Glass«) [?]
Rebus # 7
1992
floor object
bone (38 x 15 cm), wooden stake (62 x 9 cm), iron rod (128 cm)
o.T. (Akustischer Raum)
1998
installation, with text and sound
table, bowl, hazel nuts, nutcracker, four paper strips with text
four paper strips with text (21,5 x 18,5 x 5,5 cm)
text/riddle:
»a headless man had a letter to write, it was read by one who lost his sight, the dumb repeated it word for word, and he was deaf who listened and heard«,
text source:
C.C. [Charles Carroll] Bombaugh, Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature.
Ed. Martin Gardner, New York, London 1961
Riddle Drawings
2000
text drawings, series (1-9)
stamp print on paper
ink, pencil