Kassettenkasten. 2008.
Mixed media. Wood, tape cases, paint, paper.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with a direction arrow on the reverse. Inscribed “GH/M 1/00” on the reverse of the frame. 170 x 123 x 12 cm (66.9 x 48.4 x 4.7 in).
From a German collection. [EH].
• Hildebrand uses analog sound and data carriers for his art.
• The cassette tape, a technology that's gone extinct in the digital age, is at the center of his artistic work.
• The tapes' rhythmical arrangement references Geometric Abstraction.
• The Museo de Arte Zapopan in Guadalajara, Mexico, presented the exhibition “Beyond Behind by Alicja Kwade and Gregor Hildebrandt” from October 29, 2023, to April 7, 2024.
• Works by the artist are at, among others, the Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, the Rubell Family Collection, Miami (USA), and the Yuz Museum, Shanghai (China).

In good condition. One cassette with a crack in the plastic at the top left on the back.