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1/6/2004

Hans-Hermann

Barbara Behan Contemporary Art, London

emotionsmonitoring

Barbara Behan is pleased to present emotionsmonitoring, the first solo exhibition in London by Hans-Hermann. emotionsmonitoring comprises of two cycles of recent works born out of the artists' attempt to interpret Existence, focusing, above all, on it's destructive element. Reminiscent of Roman Opalka, Hans-Hermann's works reflect Life and Existence in their continuous state as demonstrated through an aesthetic of resistance. His restless and laborious physical discipline of scratching the surface of the support transcends him to a trance-like state in an attempt to reflect objectively on the world as he strives to reach a state of equilibrium. It is a metaphor for the fleeting passage of time and the futility of existence itself and above all the annihilation of the artist's ego.

Hans-Hermann was born in Cologne in 1952. He began his artistic journey in Germany in the 1970s alongside Joseph Beuys and other artists of the Fluxis movement. He moved to Imperia in 1983 where he has been living and working ever since and where he launched his renowned 'Vota Arte' initiative. 'Vota Arte', a manifesto that has traveled the art world, stands for a form of uncompromising art realized through an independent vision free of everyday logic. With respect to this point of view, the exhibition's title emotionsmonitoring is particularly poignant.

emotionsmonitoring is accompanied by a catalogue with a text by Angela Madesani.

PREVIEW Wednesday 2 June, 6 to 9pm
OPEN 3 June to 31 July, 2004

For further information and images please contact Barbara Behan on 020 7821 8793

NEXT Next Generation, group show of Italian artists, 15 September to 30 October, 2004

Barbara Behan
Contemporary Art
50 Moreton Street, London SW1V 2PB
T/F + 44 (0) 20 7821 8793

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