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Helmsboro Country (unfolded), 1990

Medium:Sculpture, Silkscreen prints and photographs on wood, cardboard and paper

(77.5 x 203.2 x 120.7 cm)

Collateral, 1991

Medium:Sculpture, Shopping cart with silkscreened metal buttons

(83.8 x 95.2 x 52.1 cm.)

Helmsboro Country (Unfolded) , 1990

Screenprinted diptych in colors, one with cibachrome collage, on wove paper, with full margins.

101.3 x 44.5 cm.

Birth Certificate of My Son (collaboration Linda & Hans Haacke), 1969

Prints and multiples, Offset on paper

28 x 22 cm.

BONUS-Storm, 2009

Installation, Flashing light box and six wall-mount industrial fans 

(121.9 x 182.9 x 16.5 cm)

Mobil: On the Right Track, 1980

Medium:Photographs, Prints and multiples, Screen print with collage of photographs on wove paper

Hans Haacke

State of the Union

In 1978 Haacke was asked for a one man show at the van Abbemuseum / Eindhoven ( catalogue available at www.ftn-books.com)  and with this show, the Netherlands started to know Hans Haacke as an artist. Nowadays his art is less prominent present in the collections of these large museums, but i am convinced this will change in the not so far away future, because i think Haacke is important for the art of Seventies and Eighties. A forerunner for the art made by the well respected British artist like Hirst and Tracey Emin. Haacke deserves a place among them. His contribution to art is a valuable one and deserves to be recognized as such.

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New Story has been published on https://enzaime.com/move-fight-rheumatoid-arthritis/

On the Move to Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis

The sun may not have risen yet, but that was no matter for Nancy Haacke. She could be found sweating away at a 5 a.m. gym class or running five miles with her husband on any given morning. But when the regular muscle stiffness that comes after a hard workout transformed into a consistent, debilitating pain, Nancy knew something was wrong. After visiting a local doctor, she was surprised to learn she had rheumatoid arthritis.

An advocate of living a healthy lifestyle through nutrition and physical activity, Nancy asked the doctor if any alternative lifestyle choices, such as nutritious food or physical activities, could help lessen the pain. Her doctor quickly shut her down, informing her that if she was going to use alternative medicine, he would refuse to be her doctor. Appalled by the doctor’s reaction, Nancy began to search for a new healthcare system that would value her opinions. University of Utah Health was her next destination and thankfully her search ended there.

“It was like the difference between night and day,” says Nancy. “The University of Utah Health doctors were kind, not putting down my ideas or thoughts on how I wanted to be treated.”

Nancy first turned to Christopher Jackson, M.D., a rheumatologist at U of U Health. Jackson sat down and listened to her concerns, explaining that she did not have to choose between medicine and alternative methods. Rather, she could pair her treatment with a prescribed medicine that would halt the joint damage with a healthy lifestyle. After taking Jackson’s advice, she noticed the symptoms of her rheumatoid arthritis subsiding.

Impressed by her treatment, Nancy decided to switch every doctor she went to over to the University of Utah Health’s system. Before long, she was surrounded by a whole team of U of U Health physicians dedicated to her health, who treated everything from her feet and sinuses to her hands and arthritis.

Along with receiving regular treatment for her arthritis, Nancy also underwent orthopedic surgery to repair the shredded tendons in her right foot, and had an arthritic cist removed that could have cost her the fingers on her hand if left untreated. She finds that her hand is better now than before the arthritis and her foot is now fully functional.

“I encourage people all the time to go to the University of Utah Health,” says Nancy. “I tell them that I have had bad experiences, and I have tried every doctor. But none compare to the doctors here. They are caring, they listen, they talk to you about your concerns, give good advice, and genuinely care about you.”

Now, ten years after her diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and multiple surgeries later, Nancy is back in action.

Hans Haacke, 

Star Gazing, 2004