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19/11/2003

Marcel Odenbach

Anton Kern Gallery, New York

Marcel Odenbach is widely recognized for his important contribution to video
art since the 1970s. As a parallel to video, he has successfully explored
similar subjects on paper. He belongs to a generation whose visual memory of
political events is archived in black and white, referring to super 8 films
and photojournalism. He explores the opposite sides of deadly conflicts,
depicting polemics with elegance.

With his new collages, Marcel Odenbach blurs the tenets of exterior and
interior. Set against a dark background, the large black and white collages
can be seen as windows, voids or merely as TV screens. Their ambiguity
shelters private existence from outside influences. Wald, a separate series
of works on paper, depicts ordinary woodland images. Odenbach explores the
cultural significance of the forest in recognition of German artists who
draw upon it as a symbol of their heritage.

The contrasting collage layers generate a sense of illusion and allow for
multiple readings depending on viewer proximity to the work. For Odenbach,
the technique presents an apt metaphor to the inner and outer human
condition; through collage, he raises awareness of the misunderstandings and
mediations between cultures. The artist however is positioned in the middle,
as culprit, observer and mediator.

In addition to a strong following in Europe, Odenbach has shown in New York
at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Modern Art, which
along with several other U.S. institutions, hold his work in their permanent
collections. He has had solo exhibitions in numerous international museums
such as the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein,
IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez in Valencia and the Reina Sofia in Madrid, among
others.

For further information and images, please contact Fernanda Arruda or
Michael Clifton at tel 212.367.9663, fax 212.367.8135

January 15 ­ February 14, 2004 - Scream: 10 artists x 10 writers x 10 scary
movies curated by Fernanda Arruda and Michael Clifton.

Anton Kern Gallery
532 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011
(the gallery will be closed for the holidays, from December 21st to January
5th). The gallery will reopen on January 6th at 10 am.

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