Markus Zeber: Lost Highway

During a stay in Los Angeles I bought my first and only car, a freshly painted mustard yellow 1978 Mercedes 300CD. The bad condition of the car led to numerous visits to workshops, which were located in and around junkyards. This is where I got to know the materials and technologies that are now part of my artistic production.
For the installation in the MQ ART BOX I utilised junkyards around Vienna as a kind of library of form and colour, which I then sculpturally reflected, deconstructed and reassembled in my studio. Both my interest in the use of designed surfaces as well as the appropriation of the production techniques involved are evident here.