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Shira Wachsmann
Smile without a body, 2022

Sticker
28 x 100 cm, 20 x 68 cm each, 11 x 6 cm each

An artwork by Shira Wachsmann grins at the visitors from the windows of the TROPEZ. The smile refers to the Cheshire Cat from the story Alice in Wonderland. It is to be understood as a sign of madness in the landscape. At the same time, it is a kind of signpost, although it is not entirely clear whether it really points the way or warns of a certain direction. The starting point of the smile will be the TROPEZ, but in the course of time it will be distributed by the visitors through stickers over the urban landscape. Wachsmann is concerned with trauma and the way it manifests, influences and (re)shapes the landscape. 

About the artist

Shira Wachsmann (born and not yet dead) lives and works in Berlin and London. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Royal College of Art in London, where she is exploring memory, time and trauma. She is a graduate of the Akademie der Künste Berlin-Weißensee, where she also completed the Master Class Program. Wachsmann's works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world and are in various private and public collections.