Michaela Melián
The astonishing reality of things
Ayse Erkmen, Tamara Grcic, Janice Kerbel, Karin Sander
Jana Sterbak
Katharina Grosse
The astonishing reality of things
Leonor Antunes
Haris Epaminonda
Bethan Huws
June 24 - September 3, 2016
curated by Christian Ganzenberg
Exhibition opening at KUNSTWOCHENENDE 2016
Talk with the artists, Friday, June 24, 2016, 5.30 p.m
The astonishing reality of things
Is my discovery every day.
Each thing is what it is,
And it's hard to explain to someone how happy this makes me,
And how much this suffices me.
[...]
These lines from a poem by Fernando Pessoa (written under his heteronym, Alberto Caeiro, in 1915) comprise the starting point for the exhibition at the Barbara Gross Galerie. Three sculptors, Leonor Antunes, Haris Epaminonda, and Bethan Huws, show us their view of supposedly everyday items from their immediate surroundings. In the process they very carefully shift things that have been taken for granted over time. Their works share a lyrical, conceptual approach; they are reduced, sensual and fragile, full of allusions, connections, and quotations.
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