Jeroen Jacobs
dal 16/11/2005 al 14/1/2006
Segnalato da
16/11/2005
Jeroen Jacobs
Magnus Muller, Berlin
Solo show. The artist tests the possibilities of the sculptural process by casting the concrete onto an inclined plane. Intention and chance develop a fascinating interaction, which in turn creates surprising and even historically recognisable forms.
Solo show
Magnus Muller is pleased to announce the first solo show of the Dutch artist
Jeroen Jacobs in Germany, opening November 17th.
For his spatial installations, Jeroen Jacobs has in the past used familiar
objects, giving them however completely new, informal usages, far removed
from their normal functions. For example, the spaces under the door of a
garage (Indoor, 2002) or the wing of a plane (The New Wing, 2001) were
transformed into intimate places for getting together. By using unusual
materials on the floor, changing its aspect (rough tar paper, normally used
for flat roofs), Jacobs subtly heightens the individual's engagement with
the structure itself (Dizzy Heights for new Insights,' 2004).
Jacobs ignores
industrial form, purpose and the normal use of objects in the construction
of his installations, in order to suggest a personalisation of space for the
individual spectator.
In his new work presented in the gallery magnus müller, he uses an non
precious¹ industrial material  concrete  but develops surprising new forms
with it. Jacobs tests the possibilities of the sculptural process by casting
the concrete onto an inclined plane. Intention and chance develop a
fascinating interaction, which in turn creates surprising and even
historically recognisable forms. The sculptures seem to consist of several
layered objects and some of the surface structures carry a resemblance to
well known forms. But their glossy surface tapers into the massive, unshaped
base, which brings one back to the production process and the original
essence of the material.
Abstract forms are developed into complex casts
from everyday objects and the spaces between them. Some motifs reappear in
many sculptures, but are always recombined in different ways so that the
resultant sculpture is a completely new piece of art. The precise analyses
of space and material, of matter and vacuity - classical questions of
sculpture - play a role as important as the process of casting based on the
coincidence.
In so far as this artistic process is controlled by a sense of form, this
fateful' pouring process, becomes a play of possibility, with Modernism as
the main reference. One feels inevitably reminded of sculptures from the
early Modern period, though at the same time this impression is leavened by
the ironic way that the material is used. A focus on the surface quality, as
well as on composition is fore-grounded. In the end, that is what is left Â
a pure distillation of the mixing up of physical forms and the space they
inhabit.
We thank the Royal Dutch Embassy in Berlin for their support for this
exhibition.
Opening: November 17 th, 6pm - 9pm
Magnus Muller
Weydingerstr. 10/12 - Berlin
Hours: tue-sat 12-6pm