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Troubling Matter focuses on the key player in Michael Sailstorfer’s practice, the material. Sculptures, photographs and videos are being shown that address the reference to the sphere of representationalism. By consistently working on and with what is available, the artist constantly finds new answers to the question of how artistic expression can be defined today. He picks set pieces out of everyday contexts and adapts them through deconstruction and transformation so they can be connected to wide-ranging narratives. He checks materials with different qualities for their potential to occupy …