Maria Eichhorn
dal 7/2/2011 al 18/3/2011
Segnalato da
7/2/2011
Maria Eichhorn
Galerie Barbara Weiss (old location), Berlin
The exhibition, entitled 'Zimmerstrasse 88/89, 10117 Berlin', assembles five new works and groups of works by Eichhorn and addresses the fact that the gallery is vacating its home on Zimmerstrasse. The street-facing windows of the gallery have been boarded up with panels of maritime pine of the sort generally used in buildings slated for demolition or renovation. Eichhorn has also developed a new multiple for the exhibition: a large broom with a wooden stick, a wooden bar and black bristles.
Galerie Barbara Weiss is pleased to announce the ninth solo exhibition
of works by Maria Eichhorn in celebration of the twentieth anniversary
of our cooperation with the artist. The show is the last to take place
in our space on Zimmerstraße; the gallery will then move to a new home
at Kohlfurter Straße 41--43, Berlin-Kreuzberg.
The exhibition, entitled /Zimmerstrasse 88/89, 10117 Berlin/, assembles
five new works and groups of works by Maria Eichhorn and addresses the
fact that the gallery is vacating its home on Zimmerstraße.
The street-facing windows of the gallery have been boarded up with
panels of maritime pine of the sort generally used in buildings slated
for demolition or renovation. The light fixtures installed under the
ceilings in the darkened exhibition rooms have been removed. The
gallery's address, /Zimmerstrasse 88/89, 10117 Berlin/, has been painted
on the wall in white on white. The application of multiple layers of
white wall paint directly to the wall, a technique developed by
Eichhorn, allows the text to gradually emerge into legibility.
Due to
its particular nature, this work by Maria Eichhorn can be produced in
countless copies at any geographical address, and each instance will be
tied by its specific text to the specific site. Another work, a large
print of a photograph from Eichhorn's study /Figuren/ that examines
people's different positions and the social relationships between them,
has been affixed to the wall in the gallery's entrance area. The picture
shows the gallerist and the artist walking in opposite directions (the
photographs in this study were taken by Jens Ziehe). Maria Eichhorn has
also developed a new multiple for the exhibition: a large broom with a
wooden stick, a wooden bar and black bristles. The multiple will be
produced in an unlimited number of copies.
The exhibition addresses connections and interrelations between the
public space of the street and the private space of the gallery as well
as between the art market and the production of art. To what extent do
they shape the social space between the actors, between art dealers,
artists, collectors, and the public?
Works by Maria Eichhorn can currently be seen in the exhibitions
/Freedom of Speech/ at Kunstverein Hamburg (until March 27, 2011) and
/unExhibit/ at the Generali Foundation, Vienna (until July 17, 2011).
The following public collections hold artworks by Maria Eichhorn:
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen,
Stuttgart; Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin; Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery,
Vancouver; Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof -- Museum für Gegenwart,
Berlin; Stiftung Kunsthalle Bern, Berne; and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
For further information and images please contact Peggy Gallert
pg@galeriebarbaraweiss.de
Opening February 8, 2011
Galerie Barbara Weiss
Zimmerstr. 88-89, Berlin
Gallery hours Tue -- Sat, 11 am -- 6 pm
free admission