Florian Neufeldt
dal 8/9/2011 al 11/11/2011
Segnalato da
8/9/2011
Florian Neufeldt
Galerie Opdahl, Berlin
His work revolves around thematic fields such as control, aggression, and danger, but essentially also the definition and demarcation of architectural space. The title piece of Neufeldt's present exhibition, Im Nacken (In the Neck, 2011) is presented in a similar way, consisting of raw steel door parts which still suggest something of the form of the original object, but now abstracted and mounted on the wall in the shape of a cross.
The work of Florian Neufeldt (b. 1976, Bonn), who studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, revolves around thematic fields such as control, aggression, and danger, but essentially also the definition and demarcation of architectural space. Neufeldt makes incursions into given architectural situations or carries out alterations which always serve the purpose of appropriating space and dominating it in unexpected ways. In this way he creates brutal settings and reconfigurations out of simple materials; precarious spatial structures which, stable or unstable, give the artist a feel for the space. Found objects such as ladders and furniture are treated in a similar way.
He takes them apart, deprives them of their functions and reassembles them to create new sculptural entities which often feature definite architectural references, all the while retaining something of the original character of the objects.
The title piece of Florian Neufeldt’s present exhibition, Im Nacken (In the Neck, 2011) is presented in a similar way, consisting of raw steel door parts which still suggest something of the form of the original object, but now abstracted and mounted on the wall in the shape of a cross. The original door elements have been destroyed and deconstructed, though they also take on their own sculptural character as parts of the new assembly. The works shown here, all of which have a strong and quite unique physical presence, are supplemented by the video Closet (2011), which is dedicated to themes that often recur in Neufeldt’s work: movement and rotation.
A partially visible crash barrier emerges from the darkness of a closet, rotating in a circle. Set to the sound of its own mechanical rattle, the barrier’s infinite loop transfixes the viewer. Neufeldt: “What interests me about movement is often actually its opposite: repetition, unavoidability, captivity to structures, modes, actions, being – i.e., a potential for movement that nevertheless gets let down and remains unfulfilled.”
Galerie Opdahl is delighted to present Im Nacken (In the Neck, 2011), Florian Neufeldt’s second solo show at its Berlin branch. In 2010 Neufeldt also presented the large solo show cuts both ways at Galleri Opdahl in Stavanger, Norway.
Image: Untitled, Flourescent tube, wood, connection unit, cable 90 x 50 x 70 cm 2010
Galerie Opdahl Berlin
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