Celebrating the deed not the doer disrupts art scene.
W.O.R.K. is an artist collective based in Berlin, Germany. The English name WORK is actually an acronym of their philosophy in German: “Wert Ohne Ruf Kunst” (“Value Without Reputation Art”).
The original idea of forming the collective was to test if a work of art is able to succeed without a (famous) name standing behind it. The members of the collective believe the work should speak for itself and its merits should be proved anonymously. The venture first started out as a series of oil paintings, but has since continued also on paper sketches and prints.
The main topic of WORK’s first series of work (the “Value Series” and the “Brand Art Series”) is the undefined area between artistic and commercial and the fact that this grey field seems to grow bigger and bigger, mixing the two poles into an undistinguishable space, perfect for ideas to grow unencumbered by the name of its creator.
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