The exhibition transforms the Didrichsen Art Museum into an embassy of an imaginary state, the Republic of EGS. The artist EGS (b. 1974) is a civil servant of the Republic and a cultural attaché. EGS, who began his career as a graffiti painter, has over the years moved closer to traditional visual art. The republic is a territory in the artist’s mind, a place that encompasses his entire creative output, including graffiti, site-specific works and installations, as well paintings created in the studio and art glass. The Embassy offers visitors six entry points to the Republic of EGS: geography, folklore, language, identity, landscape and subterranea, the underground.

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The acronym EGS permeates the artist's entire oeuvre. In art, EGS is driven above all by curiosity: what further manifestations can the three letters have?