Donna Nield
dal 18/10/2002 al 23/11/2002
Segnalato da
18/10/2002
Donna Nield
mullerdechiara, Berlin
Circulator. Donna Nield's work plays on the line between our constructed environment and public nature, between our increasing apathy towards the standards of composed architecture, and a questioning of the function and form of the objects that surround us daily.
Circulator
müllerdechiara Berlin is pleased to announce the opening of Circulator, the
first solo exhibition in Berlin for canadian artist Donna Nield.
Donna Nield's work plays on the line between our constructed environment and
public nature, between our increasing apathy towards the standards of
composed architecture, and a questioning of the function and form of the
objects that surround us daily. Through their dislocation from normal usage,
context, form, and material, Circulator develops a parallel, mutant world
that seems to have morphed from the very midst of Modernism and the Bauhaus,
as well as their latter day legacy. In Nield's world we meet seemingly
familiar sights which refuse, however, to live up to our normal expectations
as either life objects or as minimalist sculpture because they approach
functionality without following through completely. We find potted trees of
pristine white foam, tunnels of snow that draw us in before revealing their
two dimensional nature, and a staircase that provides access to nowhere:
the work veers off on surprising tangents, and takes on unexpected
psychological complexity. Mysteries and ambiguities replace the accepted
codes that govern our orientation in public spaces.
Donna Nield lives and works in New York. Her work is currently on view in
the United States as part of the exhibit Mirror Mirror at MASS MoCA, and has
been previously shown at; The Sculpture Center, The Fields Sculpture Park
(Art Omi), AU Base, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, DeChiara Gallery, Smack
Melon Gallery, and at Momenta. She has also exhibited internationally at
the Witte de With (Rotterdam), the Kunstbunker (Nuremberg), the Museum of
the City of Mexico, Access Gallery (Vancouver), Or Gallery (Vancouver), TPW
(Toronto), Gallery 44 (Toronto), Artcite Gallery (Windsor), Gallery
Connexion (Fredericton), SAW Gallery (Ottawa), and Gallery 101 (Ottawa).
Special thanks to the Canadian Embassy in Berlin for its generous support of
the leporello that has been published to accompany the exhibition.
For further questions please contact Sönke Magnus Müller or Christina
Linden at +49-30-39032040.
The opening reception will take place on Saturday, October 19th, at 7pm.
The show is running from October 21st through November 23rd, 2002.
Opening hours for the gallery are fromTuesday to Saturday, 12 - 7pm.
Opening oct. 19th 7pm
müllerdechiara
Weydingerstrasse 10
10178 Berlin
phone +49-30-390320-40
fax +49-30-390320-44