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13/1/2012

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Chert, Berlin

Johann Arens (1981, Aachen, Germany).
The piece presented, "Untitled" (2010), was originally shown at "No Soul For Sale" at Tate Modern, London and "New Contemporaries", ICA London in 2010.
The work is a two-channel projection that intentionally disrupts and intervenes with the viewing process. A small monitor positioned in front of a bigger projection creates a visual metaphor in which the smaller screen appears to have been organically severed from its larger counterpart. The two screens simultaneously alternate in showing apparently incongruous scenes of exteriors/interiors. The impossibility of following both of the screens at the same time accentuates the physical limitations of grasping a reality that is both internalized and exteriorized. These images are accompanied by a soundtrack of ambient sounds of people walking through an interior space, giving the impression of an inhabited, animated place when in reality all that is seen is the static paraphernalia of domestic life: sofas, patterns, and plants. A complex but stylized investigation in forms, structures and processes of viewing and role-attributing, this work is a continuation of Arens’ interests in methods of cinematographic expression and viewing practices. (text by Snejana Krasteva)

Natalie Czech (1976, Neuss, Germany).
As one of the two artists displaying outside the gallery space, Czech will present two works: a part of the series “A Small Bouquet by Frank O’Hara” (2011) and "A hidden poem by Jack Kerouac" inside the Motto Bookshop. For the first piece, Czech invited seven people to write a text with O’Hara’s poem as their ‘template’: the marked words represent the calligram of the poem’s component words. The resulting inner monologues lay bare the image of people who are struggling internally, in search of uniqueness, a claim for autonomy, and the perfect expression, although the constant insecurity about the specific choice of words is tangible in every sentence.

Andrea Kvas (1986, Trieste, Italy).
The pieces presented in the exhibition are two canvases which are part of a new series of works that the artist is currently developing. It consists of paintings of the same color that are translatable as constant researches of ambiguity and discrepancies of a unique idea, a unique form, a unique color.
Their encounter with the audience and the fruition of the pieces is what matters most, as they are willfully far away from any idea of representation. The subtle changes between one painting and the other, the difference of placement in the space, the relation they create with the idea of observation of an art object, explain the interest and research of the young Italian painter.

Ella McCartney (1985, Cambridge, United Kingdom).
Exhibited on an outside wall of the gallery space, McCartney's work is an enlarged photocopy of a photograph of a wooden sculpture. The title, 'ILCVEAEEL', refers to the letters in the image. The piece was made via a number of translations. A selection of small wooden blocks that had previously been used in a printing factory can be seen here on an enlarged scale.
From some angles it is unclear that the blocks are letters and even after this is realised, the text still only reveals non-sense.

Kazuyuki Takezaki (1976, Kochi Prefecture, Japan).
The two paintings presented at Chert, are part of the series "Tokaido : The New Landscape Part II", where Takezaki refers to the traditional Shizuoka landscapes; a series of works first presented at the Vangi Musuem and soon after at MISAKO & ROSEN Gallery, Tokyo. Takezaki made these new works in an attempt to expand upon the possibilities raised by the classical landscape work of Japanese artist Hiroshige. Hiroshige produced a famous series of 53 landscape prints, therefor Takezaki began this new body of work from number "54" to suggest both a lineage and progression.

Ute Waldhausen (1972, GDR).
Her practice is deeply engaged with performance, mostly acted by the artist herself. The materials used for her installations consist of found objects, assemblages of different materials and images/photographs. The piece "Untitled", 2011, was originally presented in the artist's solo exhibition "Die vage gefühlte nächste Phase" at Projektwerkstatt in Leipzig. It represents a globe that we recognize as such only because of the presence of the typical round ruler attached to it. The form of the globe is reproduced thanks to different construction stones placed inside a bucket. Adding the ruler to this composition immediately creates a complex understanding and makes cultural references to something that would otherwise be a very common image; a construction bucket transporting simple stones.

Image: Ella McCartney "ILCVEAEEL", 2011

Opening Reception: January 14, 2012 - 7.00 PM

Chert
Skalitzerstrasse 68 - Berlin
Tuesday - Saturday, 12.00 -18.00
Free admission

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