T.E.K ( = thermo-electronic chewing gum), Wolf Vostell, 1971
Vostell, Wolf, portraitVostell, WolfGerman, 1932–1998

T.E.K ( = thermo-electronic chewing gum)

1971 · Print

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Not on view at present

Where is “T.E.K ( = thermo-electronic chewing gum)” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
2022.305

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In the life of Vostell, Wolf

The whole life
  1. 1965–1969

    Collaboration with René Block

    Together with René Block he creates exhibitions, happenings, multiples and publications.

  2. 1970

    Moves to Berlin

    He moves to Berlin; the same year he creates “Heuschrecken” (“Locusts”), an installation with 20 monitors and a video camera, as well as the installations “TV-Schuhe” and “TEK”.

  3. January 1970

    “Concrete Traffic” in Chicago: a Cadillac in concrete

    The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago sponsors a happening in which Vostell encases a 1957 Cadillac in concrete in a parking lot near the museum. The work is then moved to the University of Chicago campus, where it remains for nearly four decades.

All works

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