Honey, I rearranged the Collection (deluxe), 2002

In 1972, Allen Ruppersberg participated at documenta 5 within the department “Idea + Idea/ Light”.

The piece “Honey I rearranged the collection (deluxe)” is part of a work group by Allen Ruppersberg, in which he makes dozens of sensible or humorously absurd suggestions about how to reassemble a collection.

Allen Ruppersberg is an American conceptual artist working in the manifold fields of painting, graphic, photography, sculpture, installation and books. His philosophy revolves around giving language its own right as a means of expression. His art deals with the various sectors and phenomena of the mass media and illuminates the consumer society from a critical point of view.