Ein Formularbuch
Dietrich Fricker
1968
Ein Formularbuch
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Kafkaesque in form and nature, this volume navigates the absurd bureaucratic labyrinth of German institutions through a visually poetic yet incisive sequence of institutional forms, photocopies, and artistic interventions.   Binding together formal letters, medical ...
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Ein Formularbuch
Dietrich Fricker
1968
Stuttgart: Edition Dieterich
Unpaginated [32 pages]
29.7 × 21 cm
Edition of 250; signed and numbered 55/250

Kafkaesque in form and nature, this volume navigates the absurd bureaucratic labyrinth of German institutions through a visually poetic yet incisive sequence of institutional forms, photocopies, and artistic interventions.


 


Binding together formal letters, medical examination reports, and multiple official requests, Dietrich Fricker leads us into the intricate maze of the Stuttgart compensation office for war damages. The artist, himself an office clerk in the German public system, traces the institutional records of his bureaucratic ordeal, interspersing the dossier with visual and concrete poems, complemented by critical yet playful drawings.


 


An accomplished draftsman, Dietrich Fricker (1928–2011) produced an important body of artists’ publications, collages, and graphic works addressing social and political issues, including consumerism, environmental concerns, state bureaucracy, xenophobia, and other forms of institutional and social injustice.

Stuttgart: Edition Dieterich
Unpaginated [32 pages]
29.7 × 21 cm
Edition of 250; signed and numbered 55/250

Kafkaesque in form and nature, this volume navigates the absurd bureaucratic labyrinth of German institutions through a visually poetic yet incisive sequence of institutional forms, photocopies, and artistic interventions.

 

Binding together formal letters, medical examination reports, and multiple official requests, Dietrich Fricker leads us into the intricate maze of the Stuttgart compensation office for war damages. The artist, himself an office clerk in the German public system, traces the institutional records of his bureaucratic ordeal, interspersing the dossier with visual and concrete poems, complemented by critical yet playful drawings.

 

An accomplished draftsman, Dietrich Fricker (1928–2011) produced an important body of artists’ publications, collages, and graphic works addressing social and political issues, including consumerism, environmental concerns, state bureaucracy, xenophobia, and other forms of institutional and social injustice.

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Kafkaesque in form and nature, this volume navigates the absurd bureaucratic labyrinth of German institutions through a visually poetic yet incisive sequence of institutional forms, photocopies, and artistic interventions.

 

Binding together formal letters, medical examination reports, and multiple official requests, Dietrich Fricker leads us into the intricate maze of the Stuttgart compensation office for war damages. The artist, himself an office clerk in the German public system, traces the institutional records of his bureaucratic ordeal, interspersing the dossier with visual and concrete poems, complemented by critical yet playful drawings.

 

An accomplished draftsman, Dietrich Fricker (1928–2011) produced an important body of artists’ publications, collages, and graphic works addressing social and political issues, including consumerism, environmental concerns, state bureaucracy, xenophobia, and other forms of institutional and social injustice.

Stuttgart: Edition Dieterich
Unpaginated [32 pages]
29.7 × 21 cm
Edition of 250; signed and numbered 55/250

Kafkaesque in form and nature, this volume navigates the absurd bureaucratic labyrinth of German institutions through a visually poetic yet incisive sequence of institutional forms, photocopies, and artistic interventions.

 

Binding together formal letters, medical examination reports, and multiple official requests, Dietrich Fricker leads us into the intricate maze of the Stuttgart compensation office for war damages. The artist, himself an office clerk in the German public system, traces the institutional records of his bureaucratic ordeal, interspersing the dossier with visual and concrete poems, complemented by critical yet playful drawings.

 

An accomplished draftsman, Dietrich Fricker (1928–2011) produced an important body of artists’ publications, collages, and graphic works addressing social and political issues, including consumerism, environmental concerns, state bureaucracy, xenophobia, and other forms of institutional and social injustice.

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Kafkaesque in form and nature, this volume navigates the absurd bureaucratic labyrinth of German institutions through a visually poetic yet incisive sequence of institutional forms, photocopies, and artistic interventions.

 

Binding together formal letters, medical examination reports, and multiple official requests, Dietrich Fricker leads us into the intricate maze of the Stuttgart compensation office for war damages. The artist, himself an office clerk in the German public system, traces the institutional records of his bureaucratic ordeal, interspersing the dossier with visual and concrete poems, complemented by critical yet playful drawings.

 

An accomplished draftsman, Dietrich Fricker (1928–2011) produced an important body of artists’ publications, collages, and graphic works addressing social and political issues, including consumerism, environmental concerns, state bureaucracy, xenophobia, and other forms of institutional and social injustice.

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