Working 2000

I find them quite irritating for what they are, but I needed to make a statement. I felt like I was drowning, and I needed to say something. I see almost a “confused intellect” – I don ’t see them as particularly aesthetic, but about working out my process... almost 20 years of working out... – SMW paraphrased by MH.


Listings connecting to the grouping of work “Working 2000” (275)



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  • Catalog No.
  • 01444-c2000-PsW2000-HostileClimate
  • Title
  • Hostile Climate
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
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  • 01426-2000-PsW2000-HomosexualMaleArtistdom
  • Title
  • Homosexual Male Artistdom (the Spine as a Limb)
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
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  • Technical Notes

‘Accepting American manhood and homosexual male artistdom. The spine as a limb’ (verso).


  • Reflection Notes

“About solitude. very fragile. Tracy Emin scrawled figures… in a way. She’d probably be appalled by the comparison.” – SMW paraphrased by MH.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01445-2000-PsW2000-Document
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  • Document
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  • 42 x 59
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  • Poster marker on paper
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  • Catalog No.
  • 01427-2000-PsW2000-INeverThoughtThisWouldHap…
  • Title
  • I Never Thought This Would Happen
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
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  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“‘Can a man’s work every be serious like a woman’s?’ – there we go with Venus envy, among other things… I gave all these people credit I didn’t even like. Why did I include Madelenie Berchemer’s name? I got all intimidated because she was more successful than me…” – SMW paraphrased by MH.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01446-2000-PsW2000-ItsImportant
  • Title
  • It's important
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • pP
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “Is it important for you to keep everything?” – Anon. “I cannot destroy things, because when I destroy things, I tend to remake them.” – SMW.

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  • 01428-2000-PsW2000-AnIndividualCanNeverBeObj…
  • Title
  • An Individual Can Never Be Objective
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
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  • Poster marker on paper
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Lucy Lippard quote from ‘Mixed Blessings’.


  • Reflection Notes

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “When I was younger I never wanted to be an artist who did the same thing over and over again. And now…” *laughter* – SMW.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01447-2000-PsW2000-TightRope
  • Title
  • Tight Rope
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker and pen on paper
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  • Physical

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  • 01429-2000-PsW2000-TheAbsoluteBastard
  • Title
  • The Absolute Bastard
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
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  • Poster marker on paper
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  • Catalog No.
  • 01448-2000-PsW2000-MyHeterosexualFriend
  • Title
  • My Heterosexual Friend
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
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  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

Drawing of an (early) installation at De Ateliers accompanied by an anecdote about the experience of sharing their work.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01430-2000-PsW2000-AMarketingImpulse
  • Title
  • A Marketing Impulse
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“Body as material. Thought as material. Why does something have to be physical?” – SMW paraphrased by MH.

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  • 01449-2000-PsW2000-HomosexualAmericanInAmste…
  • Title
  • Homosexual American in Amsterdam
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker and pen on paper
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  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

An anecdote about another friend from De Ateliers, this one delivered over drink after the opening of group exhibition including SMW's work at the Vienna Secession.


  • Reflection Notes

Meeting – 12.04.20. “At times we are much more generous with other genders. Are we expecting more from the category we identify with? We need to be willing to be more generous. I was walking through a tunnel in Paris having this conversation. [My] friend was much more critical of any whiff of homo-nationalism.” – MH.

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  • 01431-2000-PsW2000-AGayContinuum?
  • Title
  • A Gay Continuum?
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
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  • 01450-2000-PsW2000-GrandmaDee
  • Title
  • Grandma Dee
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker and pen on paper
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  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

Portrait of SMW’s favourite grandmother (paternal side) drawn from memory after her death. “I remember it being a very very awkward drawing, and it is! but I like it..” – SMW.

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  • 01432-c2000-PsW2000-GossamerThread
  • Title
  • Gossamer Thread
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
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  • Reflection Notes

“A collage of text that may or may not fit together.” – SMW paraphrased by MH.

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  • Catalog No.
  • 01451-2000-PsW2000-AmbitiousInGeneral
  • Title
  • Ambitious In General
  • Dimensions
  • 42 x 59
  • Materials
  • Poster marker on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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