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The Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn has been at the frontline of the alternative art scene for the last 20 years, consistently disseminating the iconography and socio-economics of a capitalist culture in meltdown. His latest work Where Do I Stand? What Do I Want? published this month by Art Review, is both a radical left-wing manifesto and a window into the soul of an artist whose prolific output is an attempt, not only to define his place in the world, but also a call to arms for those sleeping souls who realise that the only questions they really need to address are those of a revolutionary nature. The dizzying volume of his overpowering visual assaults, and the unquestionable nature of his commitment, is what makes Hirschhorn both a convincing and profoundly important agent provocateur. |