Hêlîn Alas,Pierre-Yves Delannoy, Lukas Hoffmann, Veronika Hilger, Ju Young Kim, Anna McCarthy, Jonathan Penca, Curtis Talwst Santiago, Valio Tchenkov, Ayaka Terajima, Gülbin Ünlü, Paul Valentin, Max Weisthoff
7.09 -28.09.2024
Temporary venue at Schillerstr. 38, Munich
Hêlîn Alas, Carrying the Earth to the Sky, 2024, installation view with “Up and Up and Up and Up,” 2024, trampolines, cable ties, speakers, sound, cables, 490 x 165 cm and “Still Faced,” 2024 framed photo print (part of a series) 100 x 70 cm. Photo: Produktion PitzHêlîn Alas, “Traumhaus junior,” 2024, caramel, 118 x 90 x 8 cm. Photo: Produktion PitzHêlîn Alas, “Traumhaus junior,” 2024, caramel, 118 x 90 x 8 cm. Photo: Produktion PitzPierre-Yves Delannoy, “embroideries on cashier’s ticket,” 2019-24, cotton yarns, thermo paper, dimensions variable (8 x 16 cm (X10)). Photo: Thomas SplettVeronika Hilger, Carrying the Earth to the Sky, 2024, installation view. Photo: Thomas SplettVeronika Hilger, Untitled, 2024, ceramic, 27 × 24 × 3 cm. Photo: Thomas SplettLukas Hoffmann, “Figure,” 2020, MDF, oak, aluminum, acrylic glass, 50 x 45 x 8 cm. Photo: Lukas HoffmannLukas Hoffmann, “Castle,” 2024, Spraypaint, plywood, screws, MDF dyed through, 100 x 100 x 200 cm. Photo: Lukas HoffmannJu Young Kim, “Almost like Whale Watching,” 2024, a pair of aircraft fairings, stained glass, rivets, LED, 240 x 38 x 46 cm (X2). Photo: Younsik KimJu Young Kim, “Almost like Whale Watching,” 2024, a pair of aircraft fairings, stained glass, rivets, LED, 240 x 38 x 46 cm (X2). Photo: Younsik KimAnna McCarthy, Carrying the Earth to the Sky, 2024, installation view with “Car Crash b/w,” 2001, analogue photograph 230 x 160. Photo: Thomas Splett Anna McCarthy, “Car crash installation,” 2024, mixed media, dimensions variable. Photo: Thomas SplettJonathan Penca, “Synanthropop,” 2024, paper-maché, plaster, polymer clay, resin, cardboard, acrylic paint, wood, glass, digital print on paper, plinth, 120 x 60 x 60 cm. Photo: Thomas SplettJonathan Penca, “Mitten Crack,” 2024, paper-maché, plaster, polymer clay, resin, wooden bird whistle, lipstick, cardboard, acrylic paint, digital print on paper, plinth 120 x 60 x 60 cm. Photo: Thomas SplettCurtis Talwst Santiago, “History of Touch” 2024, installation view detail. Photo: Thomas SplettCurtis Talwst Santiago, “History of Touch” 2024, installation view. Photo: Thomas SplettValio Tchenkov, Carrying the Earth to the Sky, 2024, installation view. Photo: Thomas SplettValio Tchenkov, Carrying the Earth to the Sky, 2024, installation view. Photo: Thomas SplettAyaka Terajima, Carrying the Earth to the Sky, 2024, installation view. Photo: Thomas SplettAyaka Terajima, “Long legs doki,” 2023, Unglazed fired ceramic by recycled clay, 60 x 100 x 130 cm. Photo: Thomas SplettGülbin Ünlü, “Karanlik isik,” 2024, wood, printed fabric, dimensions variable (site specific installation). Photo: Thomas SplettGülbin Ünlü, “Karanlik isik,” 2024, wood, printed fabric, dimensions variable (site specific installation) detail. Photo: Thomas SplettPaul Valentin, “Kasside,” 2024, site specific video installation. Photo: Thomas SplettPaul Valentin, “Kasside,” 2024, site specific video installation. Photo: Thomas SplettMax Weisthoff, “perpetuator,” 2024, sculptural sound installation, 5 objects, cable, dimensions variable (site specific installation). Photo: Thomas SplettMax Weisthoff, “out of flesh,” 2024, mixed media installation, 2 channel video, x objects, dimensions variable (site specific installation). Photo: Thomas Splett
“Carrying the Earth to the Sky” will present works by 13 artists who are currently active in the contemporary art scene in Munich. The artists were selected in a two-stage process. First each of the 37 participants of VARIOUS OTHERS nominated one artist currently living in Munich. From this group, an international jury consisting of four institutional curators selected 13 artists who will show their work as part of the VARIOUS OTHERS program in September. The jury acknowledged that the quality of the applications received made their task both exciting and challenging. The final selection of multi-generational artists reflects the desire to see art beyond fixed categories and clichés and to honour distinctive works.
The exhibition’s curator, Magdalena Wisniowska, has meticulously chosen the works in collaboration with the artists. These will be presented together in an overarching curatorial concept at Schillerstraße 38 under the title “Carrying the Earth to the Sky”.
“The earth is something human, something we keep under our feet. The sky high above is without air, where no living thing can breathe. Moving away from one to the other means letting go of the earth and constructions that belong to it – actions, bodies, objects, sensations and desires – until only the elements, disconnected molecules, remain.”
We would like to express our gratitude to all supporters of the exhibition, particularly the owners of the property at Schillerstraße 38, the Cultural Department of the City of Munich, the Edith-Haberland-Wagner Foundation and Serviceplan Group for their generous support.
Jury: Rosa Ferré (TBA21, Madrid) Luis Silva (Kunsthalle Lissabon) Nicola Trezzi (CCA, Tel Aviv) Vivien Trommer (K21, Düsseldorf)
As part of Various Others and in collaboration with Temporary Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Art, Cologne
Milchstr. 4, 81667 Munich
09.09.2022 – 29.09.2022
Opening: 9.09.2022, 5 pm
Hannes Heinrich, o.T. (Hoody) 2022, charcaol and paper on canvas, 45 x 35 cm
GiG Munich is excited to collaborate with the Temporary Gallery. Centre for Contemporary Art, a Cologne-based art association and center for contemporary art, in presenting the work of Hannes Heinrich and Buket Isgören.
The work of GiG Munich and the Temporary Gallery. Centre for Contemporary Art is strongly theoretical and both spaces strive to establish a critically relevant and broad cultural, historical, social, and scientific framework for each of their curatorial projects.
Hannes Heinrich and Buket Isgören paint and draw what is personal and close by: flowers and oil on canvas, found objects in their studios, pencil drawings. Yet their intense shared approach leads beyond the mundane. In a world where the distribution of power is semiotically organized via meaning, each thing a sign for something else, Heinrich’s and Isgören’s objects are so imbued with meaning, they turn away and forge their own paths. Curated by Aneta Rostkowska and Magdalena Wisniowska.
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