MONEY HORSE BOOK by Sands Murray-Wassink

Sands Murray-Wassink is a painter, writer, body artist and perfume collector based in Amsterdam. A long-overlooked cult figure in the city’s art scene, his work spans decades, touching on themes of gender, desire, intimacy, mental health and self-exploration. Sands has long existed in a space between institutional visibility and secluded phases of production, continuously developing his own framework for making and sharing work. Since 2016, he has mainly focused on what he calls Horse Drawings. These drawings, while sometimes devoid of actual horse imagery, all bear the same title and embody the spirit of equine grace, symbolising a personal journey towards healing. Sands’ engagement with this motif ties together the broader themes in his practice – gender fluidity, mental health, feminism and the transformative potential of art.

MONEY HORSE BOOK, the very first book published by Die schönsten schwulen Bücher/ The most beautiful gay books (DssB) in Amsterdam, aims to follow the artist’s ethos. Not a retrospective or an academic survey, then, but rather a continuation of his practice, presented in the same spirit in which the work is made.

Moderated by Vincent Simon, founder and director of Paris Ass Book Fair.