Adrian Ghenie (B. 1977)

‘We like things from the darker side of life. Somewhere, inside us, we feel attracted to this. And I think there’s something present in my work, something malefic, because it’s the work of someone interested in those type of things, but not from some positivist, Western perspective. I totally believe in this layer. If someone told me it didn’t exist, that it’s a by-product, a chemical reaction in my brain, then they’d be giving me an answer I’m not interested in.’ ADRIAN GHENIE