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Jörg Heise from the Süddeutsche Zeitung was able to see the fun in the matter in spite of the thinking work required: more than anything else, he's acquired a foible for the "blps, onomatopoeically named after radar peeps: black graffiti in pill form, usually no larger than a serving tray. … Artschwager installed them in the most impossible places. In the Deutsche Guggenheim, they appear in the left hand corner above a drawing, and then again at electrical outlet-height on the way to the museum shop. There, only a small handful of books are offered (apparently, the public is not expected to consist of avid readers), but an array of breakfast trays and handbags are on sale, covered in Formica of the kind that can be found in any gift shop, thanks to retro fashion. Yet Artschwager cleverly insured himself against any tendencies to see this game between the original and the forgery as a pure striving for effect: a photograph of the artist can be seen on a poster above the museum cash register, clapping his hand to his forehead in a gesture that seems to be saying 'Ouch.'"
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