{"product_id":"merzmensch-hut-verkaufer-kopie","title":"Merzmensch - Invention of Shaving Foam","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e HalluciNation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaper:\u003c\/b\u003e Hahnemühle Fine Art Archival Print \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheet size:\u003c\/b\u003e 40 × 40 cm with 1 cm white border around the motif.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eYear:\u003c\/b\u003e Edition of 2025\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 3 + 1 AP\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSigned, dated and edition numbered by the artist on a separate label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMerzmensch – The invention of shaving foam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Welcome to the laboratory of the absurd, where history is rewritten with foam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In The Invention of Shaving Cream, Merzmensch presents us with a pseudo-historical myth-maker: a stern man in a sterile gown, molding something that looks like the primordial substance of modern masculinity—shaving cream. Around him hang portraits of himself, hanging on the walls like saints in a chapel of hygiene. They all share the same mustache and the same icy gaze. Time folds in on itself, and identity becomes a recursive artifact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe space is clinical yet chaotic—smeared walls, overflowing bowls, textures that shatter the illusion of sterility. The foam, ostensibly the subject of invention, takes on a symbolic meaning: part ritual, part madness, part self-portrait in progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This isn't just satire—it's a multi-layered visual hallucination, a false memory implanted in the viewer. The work is part of Merzmensch's \"HalluciNation\" series, which gleefully dismantles the logic of visual truth and replaces it with artificial certainty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KI EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252831375695,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/Invention-of-Shaving-Foam_e21e509a-d7ea-4102-bc75-531494f4fc7f.jpg?v=1737236835","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/merzmensch-hut-verkaufer-kopie","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}