NYC Gallery Hosts Creepy 1969 German Love Affair Exhibit

A pretty interesting found object exhibit is open at the White Columns gallery in New York City and it is called "Margret: Chronicle of an Affair – May 1969 to December 1970"  it is the exhibition's first time out of Germany and it is also the first time that the exhibition has been translated out of German.

In a German apartment, a thirty year old briefcase was found with all of the contents of what is now the exhibition--the records that Cologne businessman Gunter K. took of a secret love story, which took place from May 1969 to December 1970 between himself and his secretary Margret S..  

Here's a description of what was in the briefcase, according to the gallery.

"The archive consists of hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs showing the same woman (Margret S.) in various places and poses: sitting at a typewriter at the office, traveling, or in hotel rooms, undressing, changing, or getting dressed. In the archive, inscribed with dates, are samples of Margret's hair (from both her head and pubic region), her fingernails, and empty contraception packages, as well as a blood-stained napkin. Receipts from hotels and restaurants, as well as travel documents and tickets from theaters, reveal insights into the places the couple visited as well as acknowledging their preferences and interests."

Yikes.  The empty condom wrappers and the blood-stained napkin freak me out.  

Good ol' Gunter K. liked to describe the sex "coarsely", too.  That, I can dig but yeah, people need to clean out their closets regularly.

Here's info on the gallery if you want to go visit.