Ulrich Strothjohann
dal 23/2/2011 al 1/4/2011
Segnalato da
23/2/2011
Ulrich Strothjohann
Motinternational, London
Life's Coaching. His tools suggest the ambiguity between function and form: a constant in his work. With this set of tools Strothjohann has designed purpose built display boxes. Each mirrors the tools' contours, but then spiral off into other forms, reminiscent of amphitheaters, kitchen units and nautical design.
MOT International is pleased to present the second gallery exhibition Life’s Coaching by Ulrich Strothjohann.
On first viewing of Ulrich Strothjohann’s new sculptural works one is reminded of a particular scene from David Cronenberg’s film Dead Ringers, 1988. Beverly (Jeremy Irons) designs his own special gynecological surgical instruments, which he commissions a sculptor to make. The Sculptor later steals the designs and exhibits them as art at his gallery. Strothjohann’s tools do not suggest the violence of surgical instruments but the ambiguity between function and form is a constant in his work. With this set of tools Strothjohann has designed purpose built display boxes. Each mirrors the tools’ contours, but then spiral off into other forms, reminiscent of amphitheaters, kitchen units and nautical design. The initial belief that you are close to a reading of these objects soon takes a conceptual U-Turn and confounds your preconceptions.
Ulrich Strothjohann (b.1954) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He has recently been included in the group exhibitions Open Plan Living, 1st Tel Aviv Biennial ART TVL 08 Curated by Dr Andrew Renton, 2008; Open Plan, Athens, 2008; The New Domestic Landscape, Kjubh, Cologne, 2007; Make Your Own Life, ICA, University of Philadelphia, USA, 2006; Open Office Three, M29, Cologne, 2006; and Not Quite Ten Years without Martin Kippenberger, MOT International, London, 2006; Recent solo exhibitions include Galerie Andreas Höhne, Munich, 2009; Ulrich Strothjohann, MOT International, London, 2008; Shackled up/down carefully , Adamski Gallery, Berlin, 2008; Gusty Winds May Exist, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, 2007; Cleaners, Koroneou Gallery Athens, 2007 and Homemade:Autopilot , Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, 2004.
Preview Thursday 24th February 6-8pm.
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