Ambach, Markus: Andreas Wegner: Wir fahren mit der Schneckenpost, weil sie uns keinen Pfennig kost

The art of Andreas Wegner is an inquiry into capitalist urbanity. His interventions explore alternative models for urban interaction, trade, city development, traffic, or the use of public space. Inspired by Joseph Beuys's social sculpture and Charles Fourier's social utopias, Wegner founded, e.g. a cooperative department store in Berlin, a grocery store in Vienna, and conducted real estate business as a form of creative resistance. This monograph illustrates the artist's most important projects with ample imagery, essays by renowned authors, interviews, and his own texts. Alongside collective initiatives, installations, photography, film, and sculpture, painting remains a constant in Wegner's oeuvre to this day.

Zuletzt geprüft: 11.02.2026

Highlights

• The art of Andreas Wegner is an inquiry into capitalist urbanity.
• Inspired by Joseph Beuys's social sculpture and Charles Fourier's social utopias, Wegner founded, e.g.