27/1/2009
Christoph Meier
Kiosk, Ghent
Proposal for a Discotheque - Kiosk 13. Meier's studio-based approach to making art is representative of an inquisitive mind. Large free-standing sculptures, minimal in-situ interventions, video installations and screen prints interrogate the theoretical grounding, reception and boundaries of artistic production.
Christoph Meier's (1980) studio-based approach to making art is
representative of an inquisitive mind. Large free-standing sculptures,
minimal in-situ interventions, video installations and screen prints
interrogate the theoretical grounding, reception and boundaries of
artistic production. He employs objets trouves bearing signs of
pre-existing activities to playfully reassemble them in an attempt to
experiment with error and self-doubt. Using a rigorous formalist
vocabulary that may appear to pay homage to modernist abstract principles,
Meier's practice doesn't follow conventional schemes. Work rules and quick
design solutions derive from the architectural field that, together with
bricolage techniques, elucidate a peculiar approach to formal sculptural
concerns. His over-elaborated or simplified works can look like pieces of
furniture and Duchampian readymades. However, they distance themselves
from the discourse around materiality or 'high' and 'low art' to focus on
his fascination with the studio as the main context of production,
reflection about and perception of art. (Diana Baldon)
http://www.christophmeier.net
About KIOSK: KIOSK is an initiative by vzw
KunstenSite (KuS). Originally, vzw KuS was initiated by the Royal Academy
of Fine Arts (KASK) at the University College Ghent. Currently it operates
independently on the Bijloke site in Ghent. Within the context of a rising
international arts campus, vzw KuS deploys its activities in the field of
contemporary visual arts. KIOSK is located in a glass pavilion,
functioning as a temporary operating base for exhibition projects. The
pavilion aims to transcend the receptive nature of an exhibition space,
bringing the possibilities and limitations of the given location into
play.
Opening: Wed. 28.01.09
Kiosk
Louis Pasteurlaan 2 - Ghent
Open every day 9AM > 6PM
Free admission