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Pawel Althamer’s Almech at Deutsche Guggenheim

BERLIN.- Since the early 1990s Paweł Althamer has developed a singularly participatory mode of art making, generating distinct bodies of work as well as diverse and unique social experiences for his collaborators and audiences alike. Throughout his career he has pursued the transformative potential of art, helping people reflect on their own creativity and awaken new understandings of their everyday lives. For instance, he has led the Nowolipie Group, a weekly sculpture workshop since 1994 for sufferers of multiple sclerosis; orchestrated a massive group performance using his neighbor’s apartments in Bródno 2000 (2000); organized trips with his family and friends to Belgium, Brazil, and Mali for Common Task (2008–); and turned over his exhibition at the Museum Fridericianum in Kassel to the city’s schoolchildren in Frühling (2009). At the same time Althamer has established a rich sculptural oeuvre, foc