Daniel Spoerri: Im Naturhistorischen Museum - Ein Inkompetenter Dialog? / in the Natural History Museum - an Incompetent Dialogu

at the Museum of Natural History an Incompetent Dialogue. At the invitation of the Vienna Museum of Natural History, Daniel Spoerri is embarking on an unconventional dialogue with objects in the museums collections.He juxtaposes his works of art with the collections, having been inspired to some of his assemblages by his tours of the museum. The dialogue is incompetent insofar as Spoerri dispenses with a scientific approach in favour of an at-times ambivalent humour.This publication allows us to look at Spoerris works in a brand-new light by revealing in a thoroughly unusual manner the artists enthusiasm for museums of natural