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Galerie R�diger Sch�ttle: MARK FLOOD, CHEN WEI, AGATHE SNOW - 29 Oct 2010 to 4 Dec 2010 Current Exhibition |
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please scroll down for english version MARK FLOOD DECORATIONS ON HER BODY Showroom CHEN WEI AGATHE SNOW 29. Oktober bis 4. Dezember 2010 Er�ffnung: Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2010, 19�21 Uhr In seiner ersten Ausstellung in der Galerie R�diger Sch�ttle stellt der amerikanische Maler Mark Flood Bilder aus der Serie �Lace Paintings� vor. Das Motiv der textilen Spitze, das in Floods Bildern vormals nur als Hintergrundmotiv erschien, ist nun dominant in allen Bildern zu finden. Wie der englische Fotografiepionier William Henry Fox Talbot einst in den 1840ern Falten und fransigen Enden von Zierdeckchen auf lichtsensitives Papier bannte, so experimentiert Mark Flood seit einigen Jahren mit diesem Medium. Abgedruckt in Acryl auf Leinwand rufen die Spitzenfragmente in seinen Arbeiten Erinnerungen an K�stenlinien und Flussl�ufe wach, andere erinnern an Dampf- oder Nebelschwaden. Spitzendeckchen evozieren bei Mark Flood aber nicht nur nostalgische Erinnerung an Gro�mutters Zeiten. �When I look at lace, I don't think of grandma. (�) Lace is an organized landscape, historically related to French formal gardening. I drag that into contemporary times: There is no wilderness, and people have to manage everything that was wild and natural. It's weird and has unsavory implications�. Mark Flood, 1957 geboren, lebt und arbeitet in Houston, Texas. Im Showroom des Erdgeschosses pr�sentiert die Galerie R�diger Sch�ttle zwei junge K�nstlerpositionen. Die Fotografien des 1980 geborenen chinesischen K�nstlers Chen Wei zeigen Inszenierungen dunkler, mysteri�ser, isolierter und beunruhigender R�ume. Der Betrachter findet sich menschenleeren, meist t�rlosen R�umen ausgesetzt, klaustrophobische Angstzust�nde lassen an Herzrasen, Atemnot und Flucht denken. So scheint in �A Rat's Post Office� der anonyme Verfasser unz�hliger, niemals abgeschickter Briefe diesem Albtraum entkommen zu sein. Wei arrangiert in seinen Fotografien eine zerst�rte und entweihte Welt, deren verzweifelte Bewohner die Szenerien fluchtartig verlassen haben. Chen Wei lebt und arbeitete in Hangzhou, China. Seine Arbeiten werden in der Galerie R�diger Sch�ttle erstmals in Deutschland pr�sentiert. Die K�nstlerin Agathe Snow, 1976 geboren, lebt und arbeitet in New York. Bekannt wurde sie mit Performances, wie etwa legend�ren Tanz-Marathons und Dinner f�r mehrere hundert Personen in New York. Snow arbeitet aber auch in anderen Medien. So sind Ihre skulpturalen Objekte stets apokalyptisch anmutende Installationen aus unterschiedlichsten Artefakten, die sie auf den Flohm�rkten New Yorks findet. In der Galerie R�diger Sch�ttle pr�sentiert die K�nstlerin ihren Film �Total Workout Video�. Eine Gruppe Models, gekleidet in Aerobicanz�gen � la Jane Fonda, zeigt, wie man als Lady auch in heiklen Situationen Haltung bewahrt. �berspitzte Schauspielerei lehrt uns �How to Behave when Meeting Jesus� oder �How to Get Off Easy when Pulled Over by the Cops�. Anfang 2011 pr�sentiert das Museum Deutsche Guggenheim neue Arbeiten von Agathe Snow in einer Einzelausstellung. english version MARK FLOOD DECORATIONS ON HER BODY Showroom CHEN WEI AGATHE SNOW 29th October until 4th December 2010 Opening: Thursday, 28th October 2010, 6.00�9.00 p.m. In his first exhibition at the R�diger Sch�ttle Gallery, the American painter Mark Flood will be showing works from his series of �Lace Paintings�. While the lace motif used to be no more than a background motif in his work, it now dominates all of Flood�s paintings. In much the same way as the English pioneer of photography, William Henry Fox Talbot, captured the folds and frayed edges of lace doilies and tablecloths on light-sensitive paper during the 1840s, Mark Flood has for some years been experimenting with lace imprints in oil on canvas. These fragmentary motifs awaken associations with coastlines and rivers or with billowing clouds of mist or steam. For Mark Flood, lace does not just evoke nostalgic memories of grandmother�s time. �When I look at lace, I don't think of grandma. (�) Lace is an organized landscape, historically related to French formal gardening. I drag that into contemporary times: There is no wilderness, and people have to manage everything that was wild and natural. It's weird and has unsavory implications�. Mark Flood, born in 1957, lives and works in Houston, Texas. On display in the showroom on the ground floor of the gallery are the works of two young artists. The photographs of the Chinese artist Chen Wei, born in 1980, are staged depictions of dark, mysterious and disquieting interiors. The viewer is confronted by rooms that are always deserted, mostly doorless. They are nightmarish scenes that evoke feelings of anxiety, the kind of feelings that are inevitably accompanied by a racing pulse, breathlessness and claustrophobia. In �A Rat�s Post Office�, the anonymous writer of countless unsent letters seems to have escaped this nightmare. Chen Wei�s photographs are staged scenes of destruction and desecration, worlds from which their inhabitants have fled in desperation. Chen Wei lives and works in Hangzhou, China. The presentation at the R�diger Sch�ttle Gallery is the first showing of his photographs in Germany. The artist Agathe Snow, born in 1976, lives and works in New York. Although she became known through her performances � take, for example, her legendary dance marathons and dinner parties for hundreds of people in New York � Agathe Snow also works in other media. Her sculptural objects, for example, are apocalyptic installations fabricated from a multitude of artefacts gleaned from the flea markets of New York. At the R�diger Sch�ttle Gallery, Agathe Snow will be showing her film �Total Workout Video�, in which a troupe of models in Jane Fonda-style aerobic outfits show how ladies can keep their cool even in the most awkward of situations. Overacting to the extreme, they teach us �How to Behave when Meeting Jesus� or �How to Get Off Easy when Pulled Over by the Cops�. At the beginning of 2011, the Deutsche Guggenheim will be mounting a solo exhibition of new works by Agathe Snow. |
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