Bjorn Dahlem
dal 4/9/2003 al 4/10/2003
Segnalato da
4/9/2003
Bjorn Dahlem
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Bjorn Dahlem's installations and sculptures represent physical phenomena and scientific models. Black holes, high velocity stars, wormholes, homunculi, quarks and rays are constructed from pedestrian materials such as wood, neon, found lamps and carpet remnants thus foiling the viewer's expectations of scientific illustration.
COMA SCULPTOR
Opening reception: September 5, 6-8 p.m.
Friedrich Petzel Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of COMA
SCULPTOR, the first solo exhibition in the United States of Berlin-based
artist Bjorn Dahlem.
Björn Dahlem's installations and sculptures represent physical phenomena and
scientific models. Black holes, high velocity stars, wormholes, homunculi,
quarks and rays are constructed from pedestrian materials such as wood,
neon, found lamps and carpet remnants thus foiling the viewer's expectations
of scientific illustration.
The main gallery will be transformed into a galactic supercluster, the COMA
SCULPTOR, which derives its name from Latin, meaning "the sculptor of
paintings." The double meaning of this term hints at the inherent frivolity
in Dahlem's approach to science:
The work "Coma Sculptor" derives, like all my works, from the infinite depth
of space. The dimensions of glowing stars and human beings melt into a
sphere of crystal beauty and Bavarian Gemütlichkeit (coziness). The light of
the sculptures should reflect from the faces of man to the distance of
space.
Björn Dahlem
In a related work, the back gallery will have sculptures of the five inner
planets of our solar system.
Björn Dahlem was born in Munich in 1974 and has exhibited extensively in
Germany. A catalogue entitled "Superspace" was published in conjunction with
his 2001 exhibition at the Kunstverein Hamburg.
The exhibition will open on September 5, with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m., and will be on view
through October 4, 2003.
Friedrich Petzel Gallery
535 West 22nd Street NY 10011 New York
tel 212 6809467