SCHNEIDER, Gregor; DESSAU, Ory
HAUS u r

The catalogue traces the history of a unique work of contemporary art,
Gregor Schneider’s “Haus u r,” as well as the story of the artist and
further works by Schneider. In 1985, exactly forty years ago, sixteen-year-old Gregor Schneider moved into an empty two-storey building on Unterheydener Strasse 12 in his hometown, Rheydt. Since then, he has been building rooms within the rooms of the house, rebuilding them, dismantling them, replicating them, and rebuilding them again. Since the mid-1990s, he has also been removing the rooms to show them in exhibitions in Bern, Frankfurt am Main, Paris and at the Venice Biennale, among other places. Haus u r is a work unique in art history that cannot be completed and disturbs and attracts its visitors in equal measure. This catalogue traces the exciting history of Haus u r and its creator, following the path Schneider took with further works in the 2000s – right up to Sterberaum (death room), which, like Haus u r, is art without end.

Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2025
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