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Klaus Scherübel Wins Kunstpreis Ökologies Twice Under False Identity

award · 2026-04-23

Klaus Scherübel won the Kunstpreis Ökologies (Art Prize Ecology) twice, the second time by impersonating another artist and submitting a work previously discarded in a trash bin, stained with coffee and cigarette ashes. Scherübel does not view his practice as institutional critique but rather reinserts art into a real system of exchange and commodification.

Key facts

  • Klaus Scherübel won the Kunstpreis Ökologies twice.
  • The second win involved him impersonating another artist.
  • The submitted work had been discarded in a trash bin.
  • The work was stained with coffee and cigarette ashes.
  • Scherübel does not see his work as institutional critique.
  • He aims to reinsert art into a system of exchange and commodification.

Entities

Artists

  • Klaus Scherübel

Institutions

  • Kunstpreis Ökologies

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