Current exhibitions
10th April 2011 - 12th February 2012
Back to the Roots
David Nash - Werner Pokorny - Jinmo Kang - Unen Enkh
The four artists combine different natural materials such as wood, stone or felt into symbolic primordial forms. Their pared down yet sensual sculptures and objects reference life and the creativity and transience of man and nature.
British artist David Nash has been exploring the plasticity, strength and vulnerability of wood for decades, transforming it into concise and powerful sculptures. He often constructs geometric forms from wood, pitting artificiality against nature.
Wood is also key to Werner Pokorny's work, where it is shaped into the basic forms of human civilisation such as houses, bowls, vessels, ladders and other such implements.
The philosophical moment of the reflection of nature in the work of art is central to the work of Korean artist Jinmo Kang. His 'portraits' recreate natural models, forming complex multifaceted and therefore more comprehensive likenesses.
The artist Unen Enkh uses felt, iron wire, horse hair and twined hemp, transforming these archaic materials into highly personal and poetic forms and objects. Fascinating and exotic, his works are rooted in the traditions of his native Mongolia.
Glimpses into the current exhibition:
06th November 2011 - 12th February 2012
Vegetations (in the Museum Biedermann Reading Room)
Indian Ink Drawings and wood sculptures from Jo Winter
When you hear the word vegetation, you think of plants and how they grow. In "Vegetations" from the artist Jo Winter, you will also be confronted by different, abstract implementations and forms of plants and plant life: buds, tree sections and complete, stylised trees. It tackles the topics of envelopment and breaking out, it represents sharpness and softness, concealment and exposure.
The artist creates this in wood with a chainsaw and on transparent paper with brush and Indian ink. A small selection from his collection of organic creations appearing as they do to be almost alive, hinting at growth and change, will be on show at the Museum Biedermann Reading Room until February.
Glimpses into the current exhibition:
