Roman Signer
dal 12/11/2012 al 21/12/2012
Segnalato da
12/11/2012
Roman Signer
Galerie Martin Janda, Wien
"We are connected with gravitational forces, that's our destiny". Signer counteracts this fact with his sculptures and incidents he has been documenting ever since the 1970s in photographs and films.
Galerie Martin Janda is showing new works by Roman Signer from November 14 to December 22 2012.
“We are connected with gravitational forces, that’s our destiny”. Swiss artist Roman Signer counteracts this fact with his sculptures and incidents he has been documenting ever since the 1970s in photographs and films. In his use of elemental forces he sets in motion daily objects such as umbrellas, chairs or bicycles, thereby lending them a new form.
In doing so, he deals with energy in a controlled way, which is not meant to be destructive but made visible through the act of acceleration, dynamism and change. “I’m not a sculptor who shapes things. My works are about experiencing. Something happens to them. An explosion can form a body, and I’m just fascinated by that force.“ (Roman Signer)
Roman Signer is interested in the contrasts between slow and fast processes, little causes that take great effect, which is true also for “Piaggio with Turbine (2012)”, one of the new sculptures in the exhibition: an 11-hp vehicle carrying a massive turbine on its narrow load platform.
Photo: Roman Signer, Piaggio mit Haus, 2012
Opening: November 13 2012, 7 p.m.
Galerie Martin Janda
Eschenbachgasse 11 Wien
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 1 p.m.-6 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Admission free