| "DIE GUTE STUBE"
Florian Balze, Eva Berendes,
Martin Wöhrl, Wolfgang Stehle
Opening Reception: Friday, 29 June, 2007,
7pm
Duration: 30 June through 4 August, 2007
Opening Hours: Tue-Sat 12-7 pm
The exhibition "Die gute Stube" ["The Parlor"]
combines four artistic positions from the realms of sculpture,
installation, and site-specific objects. The exhibition, initiated
by Wolfgang Stehle, shows works by Florian Balze, Eva Berendes,
and Martin Wöhrl, along with Stehle's own work.
The works of the four artists occasionally move into the realm
between self-referential and functional objects. For example, the
Berlin artist Eva Berendes presents a screen that in terms of its
formal language is reminiscent of Russian constructivism. The screen's
sculptural presence divides the space around it, while still maintaining
a decidedly pictorial character.
Florian Balze uses in his work standard materials from the world
of indoor decoration: plaster, wood, wall paint, and tiles. Here
there are two overlapping patterns: wooden components with circular
holes cut out that are grouped loosely before a second layer with
orthogonally structured fabric-covered board. Balze explores the
marginal realms of art, not only in his choice of material and
form. The visible result itself lives from the dialectic of such
references and the directness and presence of the work.
The materials used by Martin Wöhrl are also very familiar
to us from the world of DIY and hardware stores. In the exhibition,
he presents two floor lamps, staples of the proper parlor that
lose their domestic charm on closer inspection in their use of
cheap materials. Beside an expansive sculpture that illustrates
the intersection of interior and exterior, Wolfgang Stehle shows
a wall work reminiscent of a stylized hunting trophy; this work,
particularly when combined with the title of the exhibition, treats
the question of the autonomy of art and its problematic relationship
to the world of décor.
Florian Balze, born 1969 in Augsburg / Studies mediaeval archeology
at University Bamberg, studies at Akademie der Bildenden Künste,
Munich, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris / selected exhibitions:
2006 space invader, Deutsche Botschaft, London / space invader,
Riflemaker, London / Modern Lovers, Three Colts Gallery, London
/ Team, Galerie Arndt und Partner, Berlin / Glauben und Wissen
preview, via 113, Hildesheim / carpenter's daydream, Konsortium,
Düsseldorf / Glauben und Wissen, Galerie der Künstler
/ Berufsverband Bildender Künstler, München / 2005
ortart nr. 9, Nürnberg / Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich
/ 2004 Aufbrezeln, überlegen, Restitution, Berlin (with
Björn Saul) / 04, dornfeld - dobliar, Berlin
Eva Berendes, born 1974 in Bonn / Studies at Chelsea College of
Art and Design, London; Hochschule der Künste, Berlin; Akademie
der Bildenden Künste, Munich / Selected exhibitions: 2007
Back and Forth 01 Villa Grisebach Gallery, Berlin / Presenting.
Galerie Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/ Chess The Reliance, London /
2006 TEAM Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin / Eva Berendes,
Galerie Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt / Liquid Crystal lothringer13,
München / 2005 Villa in Phoenix Center, Berlin / COMMUNISM
Project Dublin / Hugh Lane Off-Site Dublin City Gallery The Hugh
Lane
Martin Wöhrl, born 1974 in Munich / Studies at Akademie der
Bildenden Künste Munich / Selected exhibitions: 2007 OPEN
SPACE Cologne / MONDI POSSIBILI 2007, Sprüth Magers Galerie,
Cologne / 2006 OPEN SPACE Cologne / Studiolo, Galerie Ben Kaufmann,
Berlin / YBA - Young Bavarian Art, Gagosian Gallery Berlin / Die
Sammlung - Ein Querschnitt Galerie im OSRAM Haus, Munich / 2005
7, Sprüth Magers, London / FAVORITEN - Neue Kunst in München
Lenbachhaus, Munich
Wolfgang Stehle, born 1965 in Munich / 1991-94 apprenticeship as
a sculpture of wood / 1995-2001 Studies at Akademie der bildenden
Künste Munich / Selected exhibitions: 2007 1907 – 2007
Happy Birthday Schwenningen, Städtische Galerie Villingen – Schwenningen
/ 2006 Bilanz, DinA4 Projekte, Munich / ISBN 3-88960, Kunstraum,
Munich / Strafraum, Projektraum Marienhof, Munich / The Wilderness
Inside, KUTTNER SIEBERT Galerie, Berlin / 2005 Kunstförderpreis
2004, Galerie der Künstler, Munich / Privataudienz, Intervention
in der Ausstellung Schatzhäuser Europas, Haus der Kunst,
Munich / Besides Sculpture Show, Old Jail, Glasgow / Linie bewegt,
DinA4 Projekte, Munich / Die Dimension Raum, Sammlung Columbus,
Ravensburg / Silberwald, Galerie SixFriedrichLisaUnger, Munich
/ Das schwarze Schaf, Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen
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