False Mirrors
dal 28/10/2008 al 5/12/2008
Segnalato da
28/10/2008
False Mirrors
Galerie Markus Winter, Berlin
The exhibition shows pictures and objects in which traditional differentiations no longer interlock, or are purposely undermined. Distortion of the coordinate, deferrals or fuzz, as it was once evoked through anamorphotic funhouse mirrors, allow the visible to appear, much like insights into a universe with its own rules.
Pat Flynn – Megan Pflug – Tim Roda – Monika Stricker – Susa
Templin – Bernhard Walter
In Cooperation with Ludwig Seyfarth
art agents gallery Hamburg
Clages Col
Marion Scharmann Köln
"I say for some, mirrors constitute a hieroglyph of truth in that
they uncover everything what is presented to them, like the habit of
truth which cannot remain hidden. Others, on the contrary, hold
mirrors for a symbol of falsity because they so often show things
other than they are." (Raphael Mirami, Ferrara, 1582)
Mirrors reflect the accurate world or distort it to the realm of the
unrecognizable. The same applies to a picture, and for all other
copies and effigies, in which we assume an indexical relation to
their reference. These types of images that, so to speak, emerged on
their own, in earlier days, were to be considered in a context along
with images created by humans. These, on one hand, suggested images
of the exterior; or on the other, they referred to an inner world,
the fantasy of the artist.
The exhibition False Mirrors shows pictures and objects in which such
traditional differentiations no longer interlock, or are purposely
undermined. Distortion of the coordinate, deferrals or fuzz, as it
was once evoked through anamorphotic funhouse mirrors, allow the
visible to appear, much like insights into a universe with its own
rules. The "false mirrors" of contemporary artists can be crafted
together from simple materials, but can also be generated completely
at the computer.
Yet to what the exhibited works relate, all by differentiation of
materials, remains equally undetermined. The statement posited by the
displayed works remains to be questioned in the same way as its
reference. Photos appear like sculptures, and sculptures seem to
follow standards and coordinates that are projected as in a second –
incorrect? – level into a – true? – real space.
Ludwig Seyfarth
Image: Susa Templin
Opening 8 to 11 pm
October, 29th - December, 6th
Galerie Markus Winter
Chausseestrasse 104 - Berlin
Gallery hours: Wed – Sat, 2 pm – 6 pm and by appointment
Free admission