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Stefan Brüggemann — This must be the place
Stefan Brüggemann

This must be the place

A neon artwork by Stefan Brüggemann presents the phrase "This must be the place" in glowing light, evoking a sense of searching, arrival, and existential longing. The luminous text plays with the tension between certainty and doubt, drawing on the language of popular culture and everyday speech. Brüggemann's use of neon as a medium amplifies the work's emotional charge, transforming a simple declaration into a statement that feels simultaneously familiar and deeply ambiguous.

Medium
neon

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Latin America

May 23, 2013

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Stefan Brüggemann, This must be the place

A neon artwork by Stefan Brüggemann presents the phrase "This must be the place" in glowing light, evoking a sense of searching, arrival, and existential longing. The luminous text plays with the tension between certainty and doubt, drawing on the language of popular culture and everyday speech. Brüggemann's use of neon as a medium amplifies the work's emotional charge, transforming a simple declaration into a statement that feels simultaneously familiar and deeply ambiguous.

Medium
neon
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Linguistic, Blue, Conceptual, Minimalist, Installation, Neon, Text, Mexican, Glowing, Contemporary

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