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It could have proceeded in an almost typical fashion: a retrospective of a multifaceted oeuvre that has been cultivated and driven forward by the artist since the late 1950s. But Werner von Mutzenbecher rightly shies away from such conceptualizations and all-encompassing attempts at retrospection. Moving forward is what matters—little has changed in that regard, even at eighty-five years of age. And even though both our wishes for a large survey exhibition and a comprehensive catalogue are now coming true with his show at Kunsthaus Baselland, the artist ultimately does not seem to find it …