Thomas Scheibitz
dal 25/7/2013 al 2/11/2013
Segnalato da
25/7/2013
Thomas Scheibitz
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
ONE-Time Pad. The exhibition brings together over two hundred works from the past five years, most of which are previously unseen in the UK and have come directly from the artist's studio, including painting, sculpture, drawing and works on paper.
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead presents an exhibition of new and
recent work by Thomas Scheibitz (born in Radeberg in 1968), one of the leading German
artists of his generation. Scheibitz began developing a new form of conceptual painting
during his studies at the School of Art in Dresden in the early 1990s. He became established
internationally following initial exhibitions in Dresden, Berlin, London and New York.
This large-scale presentation of Scheibitz’s work will retrace the conceptual and painterly
development of his career with a particular focus on the human figure and the determination
of form between figuration and abstraction. The exhibition will take place across the gallery
on Levels 3 and 4 and bring together over two hundred works from the past five years, most
of which are previously unseen in the UK and have come directly from the artist’s studio,
including painting, sculpture, drawing and works on paper.
Scheibitz draws upon motifs and themes from the everyday and popular culture in the form
of film, literature, music and advertising as well as architecture. He also takes inspiration
from art historical imagery such as Renaissance paintings or Medieval engravings which he
places in new perceptual contexts. The artist feeds his visual memory with a collection of
found material including photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, memos, book pages and
objects. He filters these through his own thought processes and retrieves them as a basis for
the forms and structures of his paintings and sculptures. The finished work is a synthesis of
object and image with a distinctive visual language; for the artist, the boundaries of figuration
and abstraction are obsolete.
The exhibition will include an archive of the artist’s source material and models together with
a new sculptural work commissioned especially for BALTIC. The title of the exhibition One-
Time Pad (also the title of a painting by Scheibitz from 2012), takes its name from a method
of encryption which is used to transmit secret messages but considered to be impossible to
crack if used correctly. It alludes to the coding process that Scheibitz employs in his work
which we are invited to unlock.
Thomas Scheibitz: One-Time Pad is organised by MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst
Frankfurt am Main. The presentation at BALTIC is generously supported by Institut für
Auslandsbeziehungen (IFA), and the Goethe-Institut London.
The exhibition is accompanied by a major new publication designed by Thomas Scheibitz,
with a foreword by Susanne Gaensheimer, texts by Beate Söntgen and Mark von
Schlegell, and a conversation between Thomas Scheibitz and Isabelle Graw. Published by
Walther Kӧnig
THOMAS SCHEIBITZ was born in Radeberg in 1968, and lives and works in Berlin.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: A Panoramic VIEW of Basic Events, Tanya Bonakdar
Gallery, New York (2012); mk/ULTRA, Sprüth Magers Berlin (2011); Lineage ONE/Stilleben
& Statistics, Jarla Partilager, Berlin (2011); Il fiume e le sue fonti, Collezione Maramotti,
Reggio Emilia (2011); III Things for a second ONE, Parra & Romero, Madrid (2010); Der
ungefegte Raum, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (2010); A moving plan B – chapter ONE,
Drawing Room, London (2010); A moving plan B chapter TWO, Sprüth Magers London
(2010); Missing Link in Delphi, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (2008); The Goldilocks
Zone, Sprüth Magers Berlin (2008); about 90 elements / TOD IM DSCHUNGEL, Irish
Museum of Modern Art, Camden Arts Centre, London and Musée d’Art Moderne,
Luxembourg (2007-08); APOLLO, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2007); Low Sweetie#Omega
Haus, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (2006); Blick über ein bewohntes Tal/View over a
populated Valley, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (2006); Der Tisch, der Ozean und das
Beispiel, German Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale (2005); ABC-I II III, Centre d’Art
Contemporain, Geneva (2004).
For further information, interview requests and images please contact:
Chloë Barker, Media Relations Executive T: 0191 440 4915 E: chloeb@balticmill.com
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays South Shore Road Gateshead NE8 3BA UK
Hours: Daily 10–18h, Tuesday 10.30–18h
Admission free