Hilar Stadler - Gasoline and Magic Hatje Cantz Bertien Van Manen first visited

Bertien Van Manen first visited the region in 1985 and returned periodically up until 2013 to visit mining families with whom she lived

The Sitterwerk Art Library is part of a collection of enterprises including a foundry

in an age where every island has been charted

IJburg (NL)

and at Houston’s Menil Collection

Hilar Stadler - Gasoline and Magic Hatje Cantz Bertien Van Manen first visitedEverything about them is cool. The baby blue Porsche 917, the Chevy Camaro, the blue , red and yellow striped overalls, the boys in low buttoned shirts, sporting moustaches and a full head of hair, with the sunshine in their faces. Women wearing thick eyeliner and bell bottoms, girls in crocheted bikinis at the finishing line, garlands of flowers for the winner. Motor sports in the 1960s, 70s and 80s gave rise to a whole world of imagery that arouses