Alexandra Gaul and Claudia Annette Maier
dal 21/10/2010 al 26/11/2010
Segnalato da
21/10/2010
Alexandra Gaul and Claudia Annette Maier
Emmanuel Post, Leipzig
I wish I were you. Both artistic positions are informed by a peculiar tendency towards the grotesque and the comic which in varying approaches and expressions also generates a melancholic moment. On show objects, painting, and drawings.
The exhibition I wish I were you combines objects, painting, and drawing of artists Alexandra Gaul and Claudia Annette Maier. Both artistic positions are informed by a peculiar tendency towards the grotesque and the comic which in varying approaches and expressions also generates a melancholic moment.
Alexandra Gaul's quietly staged objects often combine handpicked artefacts and specifically produced elements (occasionally ceramic). They assume a strange redesignated unity and lead into the environment of things and humans. An abstract horse's torso lies with human utensils in a velvet casket surrounded by a glass case. The idea of a feretory appears obvious as well as absurd. Two heaps made of ceramic vermicular forms which merely provide insight into its interior and mask the unobstructed view stand their ground as if they have always been there.
Similarly, Claudia Annette Maier presents a manifestation of ambivalence in her subversive pictures. They constitute a finite state of destruction of the painting's surface which is preceded by a long process of layering. These 'buried images', left-behind reliefs, are subject to an inner logic of constructive destruction / reshaping and show the painting's motif at the same time. In addition, scenic sketches on paper focus on recapturing the line which boldly defies consolidated structures. The impression of the comic and grotesque – in an effort to comprehend the presence of something through absence (or vice versa) – results from pictorial situations which permit a glance in both directions. They allow the viewer to change her/his point of view and perspective.
Alexandra Gaul
Born in Halle (Westphalia), 1978; lives and works in Leipzig. 1994-1997: Graphics Design Assistant, Bielefeld; 1997-1999 Advanced Technical College for Design, Bielefeld, Photography and Film; 1999-2004 Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, diploma in the class of Prof. Astrid Klein; 2002-2003 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, experimental sculpture with Rosemarie Trockel.
Claudia Annette Maier
Born in Freiburg i. Br., 1979; lives and works in Leipzig. 2000-2009: Studied at the Academy of Viusal Arts Leipzig; 2004: Visiting student at the Academy of Fine Arts Cracow, Poland; 2009: Diploma with Prof. Astrid Klein; since 2009: Post-graduate studies with Prof. Astrid Klein.
Opening reception Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, 7 pm
EMMANUEL POST
Windmühlenstraße 31b, 04107 Leipzig
Wednesday - Saturday, 2 - 6 pm
Special opening hours:
September 11, 2010: 11 am - 9 pm
September 12, 2010: 11 am - 6 pm
Free admission