Alfred Muller / Marcus Neufanger
dal 14/3/2013 al 16/8/2013
Segnalato da
14/3/2013
Alfred Muller / Marcus Neufanger
Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin
What a Fucking Waste of Time. The focus of the KAF founder Jochen Kienzle's present selection is the wide realm of figuration and abstraction, dealing with the teacher-father generation, and the discourse about the possibility of representing (art)-objects.
Since the Kienzle Art Foundation (KAF) began its work in 2010, numerous shows have investigated
the family’s collections, focusing on the activities of KAF founder Jochen Kienzle. The passionate
collector and ex-gallerist features the artists Alfred Müller (* 1960) and Marcus Neufanger (* 1964) in
the present endeavor.
Kienzle has been following and accompanying these two southwest German artists’ positions for
many years. He met Müller while collaborating with Annette Gmeiner in Stuttgart. KAF founder and
artists belong to the middle generation at this point. They have been working professionally in the
creative-artistic field for almost thirty years by now, an opportune occasion to take a closer look at
how they have been dealing with this milieu.
Known for his idiosyncratic taste, Jochen Kienzle is not someone to follow trends. Steadily following
his own path, the focus of his present selection is the wide realm of figuration and abstraction,
dealing with the teacher-father generation, and the discourse about the possibility of representing
(art)-objects. The material on view offers a wide range of variety, incorporating photographic models
as well as personal memories, for example in the shape of intarsia in a chest serving as storage.
Skeptical vis-à-vis sheer beauty, this exhibition encompasses the familiar proximity to theoretical
discourse.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue with texts by Robert Eikmeyer and Georg Winter.
Alfred Müller (* 1960, Kenzingen/Emmendingen) studied at the Akademie für Bildende Künste
Karlsruhe from 1981 to 1986 (Georg Baselitz and Rainer Küchenmeister). Various solo and group
exhibitions e. g. „Face to Face“, Goldbachcenter Zurich; „Das Goldene Zeitalter“, Württembergischer
Kunstverein, Stuttgart; „The Agency“, Galerie Bea de Susa, London; „Lieb und Teuer“, Kunstverein
Pforzheim. Forthcoming works by Alfred Müller can be seen at „(Fenster) (Fenster)“ curated by Achim
Sakic at Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg/Br. (May 4–June 16, 2013). He lives and works in Pforzheim.
Marcus Neufanger (* 1964, Nürnberg) works as an artist and curator. His work has been shown in
various solo and group exhibitions. Currently works by Marcus Neufanger can be seen at the shows
„Von Kopf bis Fuß – Menschenbilder im Fokus der Sammlung Würth“, Kunsthalle Würth
(September 28, 2012–June 2, 2013), „Kunst und neue Arbeitswelt“, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg
(April 11–June 2, 2013) and „(Fenster) (Fenster)“ curated by Achim Sakic at Kunsthaus L6,
Freiburg/Br. (May 4–June 16, 2013). Marcus Neufanger lives and works in Schwäbisch Hall.
Image: Marcus Neufanger: „Paul McCarthy“, 2011. Oil Pastel on Paper, 100 x 70 cm
Opening: March 15, 2013, 7.30–9.30pm
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