Fluss Bad Berlin - Christian Jankowski

Öffentliche Badewanne (Public Bath), 1992/2024

Series of 3 x inkjet prints
Frame: Alder, black glazed, ArtGlas AR70 2mm
Sheet size (H x W): 21.2 x 30.6 cm each
Frame size (H x W): 22.2 x 31.6 cm each
Ed. 1/3 with certificate of authenticity

Lot number 24
Minimum bid: 900,- EUR / estimated price 1.800,- to 2.400,- EUR

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Über das Werk: Jankowski found a bathtub on the street and decided to place it in the display window of his Hamburg storefront apartment and studio, Friedensallee 12. He then invited passersby to take a bath – to go about a more private matter in public. As an incentive, Jankowski offered to play the music they wanted to hear, and he had a refrigerator filled with food and drinks. He loaned bathers his rubber duckie and water pistol or even gave them a massage. Two video cameras – one inside the store and one outside – recorded the bathers. As a result, those passing in front of the display window were also caught on film as they stopped to watch. (In collaboration with Rüdiger Salzmann, Bianca Schöning, and Silvana Toneva.)
Christian Jankowski
Christian Jankowski (b. 1968, Göttingen, Germany) is a conceptual artist whose practice is focused on performance, with works made primarily in film, video and photography among a variety of media. He initiates collaborations between the worlds of contemporary art and other professions, spanning religion, business, politics and entertainment. Protagonists from many fields inscribe themselves in Jankowski’s art, which is carried out in close exchange with mass media formats and their production mechanisms. This emphasis on collective creation serves to question the power of the image.

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Christian Jankowski

Öffentliche Badewanne (Public Bath), 1992/2024

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