Tobias Kaspar’s exhibition Unconditional features two identical sets of works, each consisting of four photographs, display elements, a manual, logbook and a transport crate.

One set, which will be presented at HUMA Gymnasium, will enter Museum Abteiberg’s permanent collection after the exhibition. It is intended to be lent to institutions working in care and education, where it can be presented and used at their own sites. The second set, presented at the museum, will return to the artist after the exhibition.

The photographs show cropped details of a jacket—seams, zips, pockets, openings and folds—while leaving the garment itself almost unidentifiable. Overprinted with silver scratch-off paint, the images appear as monochromes, with the original photographs barely visible beneath the surface.

The wooden display elements, finished in colourful, protective felt, support the photographs and allow them to be arranged in different configurations, including directly on the floor, without…