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Preamble

In spring 2016 I met with the then museum director Dr. Renate Dr. Tina Roßbroich, Jutta Reich, and Phoebe More Gordon (Gratitu-
Goldmann to exchange ideas for a collaboration. During a joint de too to the staff of the museum coffee shop under the direction
tour of the rooms of the Leopold Hoesch Museum, she suggested of Simone Breuer).
that I present my collection in the whole of the space intended for
temporary exhibitions. After only a few moments’ consideration, I I also want to thank all participating artists and galleries for their
embarked with enthusiasm and a great deal of curiosity on the ad- excellent support as well as the project team, which contributed
venture of showing my collection to the public for the first time on significantly to the success of the exhibition. In particular, I would
such a large scale. like to thank Ilje Pagu, Emile Pagu, Dan Gagea and Mr. Hans Pran-
ge for their outstanding help during set-up and dismantling, Ulrike
All stages of the project – starting with the thematic conception, Baumgart for her expertise and her exceptional commitment on
through the selection of works, the setup of the exhibition and the site, Georges Adéagbo, Stephan Köhler and my son Robin for the
liaison work – were a great pleasure and very rewarding for me. extensive installation, developed especially for the exhibition and
The intensive engagement with the collection and its reception has my collector friend Wilhelm Schürmann for the inspiring introduc-
given me new perspectives on what I have built up as a collector, tory speech, as well as Caroline Rordorf for her very expert care
often quite intuitively, over 30 years. of the collection and her active support of the ‘Beyond the Box’
project. For the realisation of the catalogue I would like to thank
My warmest thanks for the success of the exhibition go to Renate the photographer Peter Hinschläger, the designer Jürgen Lowartz,
Goldmann for her determination to initiate the joint project, to Mr. as well as the authors Renate Puvogel and Christoph Balzar for
Markus Mascher for his committed and competent support, and to their very accomplished essays and Costia Khoury for his insightful
the entire museum team for their reliable and energetic cooperati- translations of the texts into English. I would also like to thank the
on. Above all I would like to thank Bernd Nießen, Michael Schröder, Dr. Creutz publishing house and in particular Dr. Doris Hausmann

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