PHILLIP ZAISER
1969, Hannover. Lives and works in Frankfurt


Guns for Good Guys appears to the observer as a military or police armory. It is a metal structure, easily controllable from the inside as well from the outside, with racks and windows where all the weapons are arranged. A frightening warning, watching and serving as sign of vigilance against
evildoers: visual deterrents that seem to do little to actually foil bad guys. The system is based on intimidation and lies: a grotesque masquerade fated to crumble down in case of real attack. In fact, this terrible armory
is just made up of useless toys.
— Gyonata Bonvicini


Selected solo exhibitions: 2003: Michael Neff, Frankfurt; 2002: Menschenraum, Berlin; 2001: Künstlerhaus, Essen; 2000: Kabinett im Kunsthaus, Essen;
Michael Neff, Frankfurt.
Selected group exhibitions: 2003: Growing up absurd, Jette Rudolph, Los Angeles; Felix Ringel, Düsseldorf; 2002: Freunde!, Menschenraum, Berlin; Visio, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Wheeling! Motorcycles in art, Ausstellungsraum de Ligt, Frankfurt; 2001: Bis das der Tod uns meidet, Artlab, Vienna; Sexuell, Stiftung Starke, Berlin; 2000: Quiet Life, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Bruchsal; Frankfurter Schule 2000, Ausstellungsraum Albion Street, Glasgow; Dribbdedach (Zakynthos), ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Death Race 2000, Thread Waxing space, New York; Driving Range, Herold, Güterbahnof, Bremen; Wildanschlag wird strafrechtlich verfolgt, Luftraum, Flughafen, Frankfurt.




Guns for Good Guys, 2000. Installation view. Courtesy Michael Neff, Frankfurt.

Guns for Good Guys, 2000. Installation view. Courtesy Michael Neff, Frankfurt.