Ulrike Mohr

Mittwoch, 12.Oktober, 20.00 Uhr 

Ex-Rotaprint,Gottschedstraße 4,13357 Berlin

Carbon 0112358 

Spatial drawing made from beech and pine charcoal

Dimensions variable

2016

Ulrike Mohr’s artistic approach utilizes material transformation processes that are influenced not only by complex research and handed-down knowledge, but also by chance occurrences. 

Her position as a sculptor arises from the observation of nature and a process-oriented treatment of context-related materials, which she transfers into poetic installations whose temporal dimensions are intrinsic to the ephemeral substances. Over the past years, the burning of char has become a central modus operandi in her work. This today almost extinct profession of gradually heating wood in the absence of air until it is rendered physically constant is practiced by the artist herself, taking into account the various historical, cultural, environmental and metaphorical implications associated with carbon. 

Mohr refers to her works as “spatial drawings” – drawings made with charcoal, one of the oldest drawing material, but not by applying pigment on paper, but manifest as lines in three-dimensional space. Her rotating charcoal column responds to one of the characteristic architectural features of CoCA Toruń(though one which is most often disguised by the built-in exhibition design), while the new spatial drawing Carbon 0112358 playfully refers to the Fibonacci ratio. While previous installations focused on the natural property of the material, like the traces of growth visible in different kinds of wood that she mostly collects on site, the artist here used industrially cut timber beans to achieve a more minimalist aesthetic.

Eva Scharrer 

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Katinka Pilscheur

Mittwoch, 18. Mai, 20.00 Uhr 

Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade, Prenzlauer Promenade 149-152, 13189 Berlin

27-04-2012 

Holz, Aluminium, Kubanischer Autolack

2012
Ausstellungsansicht Galerie koal

The works of Katinka Pilscheur (b. Herdecke an der Ruhr, 1974, today lives and works in Berlin) are on the range of paintings, sculptures and architecture.

Pilscheur exploits her unique understanding of the exhibition space to create art which challenges the limits of space and matter. Her use of space is dual- referring to it as a reference from which she attracts inspiration and at the same time as her blank canvas or untouched clay which she can then shape to her requirements.

This dual action creates 3-dimensional works which function as art as well as architecture, giving the viewer a comprehensive experience. Using everyday materials and absorbing inspiration from everyday life, Pilscheur challenges not only the conception of space but also the notion of art. The uncertain objects and the unconventional materials the artist uses, though may seem familiar, are positioned and altered in a way which transforms them to something we were yet to experience.

Daniela Tenen

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Katja Brinkmann

Mittwoch, 24. Februar, 20.00 Uhr  

Atelierhaus Flutgraben e.V., Am Flutgraben 3, 12435 Berlin

o.T. 
Acryl auf Leinwand 
110 x 140 cm
2015

Meine künstlerische Auseinandersetzung gilt der Malerei und dem kalkulierten, gleichwohl schalkhaften Ausloten ihrer Mittel. Dabei habe ich seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre eine eigene Formensprache entwickelt, mit der ich mein Bildthema in verschiedensten Setzungen immer wieder neu durchspiele und kontinuierlich verändere. Die Bilder thematisieren die grundlegenden Fragestellungen von Malerei, haltendiese aber stets in einem ambivalenten Spannungsverhältnis und lassen auf verschiedenen Ebenen eine Irritation entstehen. 

Zugleich sind die Bilder auch Ausdruck reiner Lust am Bildermachen: Indem sie die malerischen Mittel untersuchen und den Aspekt des Sinnlichen in den Vordergrund rücken, beschäftigen sie sich genau mit den Qualitäten, die Malerei ausmachen. Der Schwerpunkt meiner Arbeit liegt auf dem autonomen Bild, aber es entstehen auch immer wieder Arbeiten im Raum. Dabei interessiert mich die Verschränkung von Raum und Bild, die den spezifischen Bilckwinkel auf die Malerei auflöst und ein begehbares Raumbildentstehen lässt, bei dem sich die Perspektive abhängig von der Position des Betrachters ständig ändert. 

Homepage Katja Brinkmann