Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
Exhibition
Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit
Kathrin Graf and Alexandra Knie
Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, 2015
With their show, the two artists Kathrin Graf and Alexandra Knie leave the classical boundaries of art and seek points of reference in the textile, design and science.
With their own approaches, they adapt and transform scientific modes of representation, combine real scientific phenomena with fictional speculations, and play through a possible spectrum of the real.
For her presentation Kathrin Graf uses everyday objects, that she exposes to different transformation processes, such as preservation and fermentation, so that they elude their familiar context. The objects are presented as large-size marco fotographs or installed on tables and racks in the room, which reminds us of the scientific aethetics of presentation. At the Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof Kathrin Graf combines real exhibits of natural scientific collections (like gallstones and archaeological finds) with her artistic works to an extensive installation, which evokes suspicions without creating clarity. Where does reality end and where does imagination begin?
Moulage, 2015, Clay, salt paste, oriental sweets, clay objects, wax, wax cast (elbow), plaster cast (mouth), eggs (dried), ginger (dried), glass cover, wood panels, linen fabric, oil colors, black gazed wood panels, trestles, 90 x 160 x 70 cm
Moulage (Rotkohlabdruck), 2015, Wax, plaster cast of a red cabbage, oil color, linen fabric on black wood panel, 24 x 18 x 10 cm
Collection of gallstones, Navena Widulin, Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charite
Collection of gallstones, Navena Widulin, Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charite
Laboratorium, 2015, Wax cast (cushion), eggs (dried), eggs in salt water, peel of an avocado, carrots (dried.), skin of eggs (dried), wax objects in water, clay objects, skin of tomatoes, quail eggshells, latex cast (finger), ori- ental sweets, light bulbs, plaster cast (hand, tongue, teeth), soap, pickled cucumber, fish teeth, lemon (dried), peach (dried), glass container, oil color, wax, metal racks, 230 x 110 x 50 x cm
Laboratorium, 2015, Eggs (without shell) in salt water
Laboratorium, 2015, wax cast (cushion), d 45 cm
Oryktognosie, 2015, Eggs, topinambur, salt paste, peppel stones, oriental sweets, beans, oil color, wax, metal rack, 230 x 110 x 50 x cm
Archaeological finds by the Depot der Museen im Marstall Paderborn: shale, remains of molden glass from a glass factory at the Paderborner surrounding, animal bones out of the castle moat, Schloss Neuhaus
Oryktognosie, 2015, Salt paste, eggs (dried), topinambur (dried), beans, oil colors, wax, various dimensions
Archaeological finds by the Depot der Museen im Marstall Paderborn: remains of molden glass from a glass factory at the Paderborner surrounding
Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
Innenansichten (Rote Bete), 2014, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, 50 x 40 cm, framed
Innenansichten (Kokosnuss II), 2014, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, 50 x 40 cm, framed
Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
ovum (Ei), 2015, Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, each 50 x 40 cm, Lithograph, unframed, each 30 x 21 cm
ovum (Ei), 2015, Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panel, 50 x 40 cm
ovum (Ei), 2015, Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, 50 x 40 cm, Lithograph, unframed, 30 x 21 cm
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, glas plates, wooden trestles, 160 x 90 x 70 cm, 58 individual pieces presented on three glas tables in total
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, various dimensions
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, various dimensions
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, various dimensions
Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
Moulage, 2015, Clay, salt paste, oriental sweets, clay objects, wax, wax cast (elbow), plaster cast (mouth), eggs (dried), ginger (dried), glass cover, wood panels, linen fabric, oil colors, black gazed wood panels, trestles, 90 x 160 x 70 cm
Moulage (Rotkohlabdruck), 2015, Wax, plaster cast of a red cabbage, oil color, linen fabric on black wood panel, 24 x 18 x 10 cm
Collection of gallstones, Navena Widulin, Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charite
Collection of gallstones, Navena Widulin, Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charite
Collection of gallstones, Navena Widulin, Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charite
Laboratorium, 2015, Wax cast (cushion), eggs (dried), eggs in salt water, peel of an avocado, carrots (dried.), skin of eggs (dried), wax objects in water, clay objects, skin of tomatoes, quail eggshells, latex cast (finger), ori- ental sweets, light bulbs, plaster cast (hand, tongue, teeth), soap, pickled cucumber, fish teeth, lemon (dried), peach (dried), glass container, oil color, wax, metal racks, 230 x 110 x 50 x cm
Laboratorium, 2015, Eggs (without shell) in salt water
Laboratorium, 2015, wax cast (cushion), d 45 cm
Oryktognosie, 2015, Eggs, topinambur, salt paste, peppel stones, oriental sweets, beans, oil color, wax, metal rack, 230 x 110 x 50 x cm
Archaeological finds by the Depot der Museen im Marstall Paderborn: shale, remains of molden glass from a glass factory at the Paderborner surrounding, animal bones out of the castle moat, Schloss Neuhaus
Oryktognosie, 2015, Salt paste, eggs (dried), topinambur (dried), beans, oil colors, wax, various dimensions
Archaeological finds by the Depot der Museen im Marstall Paderborn: remains of molden glass from a glass factory at the Paderborner surrounding
Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
Innenansichten (Rote Bete), 2014, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, 50 x 40 cm, framed
Innenansichten (Kokosnuss II), 2014, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, 50 x 40 cm, framed
Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
Installation view Science + fiction. Über das Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof, Paderborn
ovum (Ei), 2015, Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, each 50 x 40 cm, Lithograph, unframed, each 30 x 21 cm
ovum (Ei), 2015, Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panel, 50 x 40 cm
ovum (Ei), 2015, Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on Dibond panels, 50 x 40 cm, Lithograph, unframed, 30 x 21 cm
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, glas plates, wooden trestles, 160 x 90 x 70 cm, 58 individual pieces presented on three glas tables in total
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, various dimensions
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, various dimensions
Epidermis, 2009 - 2014, Matchsticks, glue, wood filler, wax varnish, numbers, various dimensions