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Christian Jankowski

Measure What You Love Today

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Context

“Measure What You Love Today” captures fleeting moments of affection: a height mark on the skin, paired with a handwritten date, becomes a record of the day one “measured” something beloved—a child, partner, pet, plant, or anything else. Jankowski elevates a mundane domestic gesture into a personal, intimate ritual, making memory, attachment, and care tangible. The title highlights both the variability of love and the necessity of perceiving change in what we hold dear. It reflects on the physical presence of the beloved in contrast to the immeasurability of love itself. What is cherished “today” may be immortalized in ink, even as feelings and attachments inevitably shift and evolve.

About Christian Jankowski

Christian Jankowski (b. 1968, Göttingen) is a conceptual artist based in Berlin whose multifaceted practice encompasses video, performance, photography, painting, sculpture, and installation. Renowned for his participatory, performative approach, Jankowski orchestrates collaborations with non-art professionals—ranging from auctioneers and street performers to televangelists and fortune-tellers—to blur the boundaries between art and mass media, the ordinary and the extraordinary. His playful, often subversive works—such as “The Hunt,” “Strip the Auctioneer,” and “The Living Sculptures”—critically explore authorship, authenticity, and consumer culture by placing social rituals and mass communication under the lens of artistic inquiry. Jankowski has exhibited internationally, including the Venice and Whitney Biennials, and curated Manifesta 11 in Zurich in 2016, becoming the first artist to assume that role. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, he continues to challenge the viewer’s perception of art through interactive experiences that reflect society's values and contradictions.

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Instructions

Everyone remembers the childhood measurement marks on door frames. This mark is yours—a trace of a moment. Choose a special day to celebrate someone or something you love: child, partner, pet, plant, or anything dear. Place your beloved next to you; use yourself as the measure. If taller, stretch your arm or let them sit to mark yourself.

To get your personalized artwork, send the date and measured height from floor, to info@worksonskin.com. Christian will hand-draw the mark and date. You will receive a unique fine art print, suitable for wall or skin; the original stays with him for exhibitions. The print is individual and personal.

Color
free
Position
Free, as long as the line is at the exact height of your measurement.
Scalable
The artist prefers the size in which he writes the date. However, the size of the handwriting may vary slightly.

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