CARLO MOLLINO – MANIERA MODERNA

Posted on 2011-07-25

The exhibition’s selection of works reflects the versatility of Carlo Mollino’s oeuvre: on view are his drawings and architectural plans, furniture and furnishings, Mollino’s race car “Bisiluro”, his photomontages, Polaroids of female nudes, his essays on architecture, photography and downhill skiing, as well as other archival material. A photographical essay by Armin Linke created for the exhibition provides an overview of Mollino’sconstructions and their state of preservation.
Mollino’s buildings were long handled with negligence. It is significant that in 1960 the Turin city council voted to demolish the Società Ippica Torinese, which had only been completed in 1940. Although Carlo Mollino has gained increasing attention in recent years, he is still not fully recognized as an architect. In contrast, his furniture has long been on great demand by collectors: in 2005 one of his tables was sold at auction for 3.8
million dollars. Contemporary artists, such as Karole Armitage and David Salle, Nairy Baghramian, Steven Claydon, Armin Linke, Mai-Thu Perret, Heidi Specker and Simon Starling, refer explicitly in their work to Carlo Mollino.

Opposite – Teatro Regio, 1965-73

Exhibition runs from September 16th to January 8th, 2012

Haus der Kunst
Prinzregentenstraße 1
80538
München
Germany

www.hausderkunst.de

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RONI HORN – RECENT WORK

Posted on 2011-07-25

The exhibition features important new sculpture, photography and works on paper. Through these media, Horn cultivates a complex relationship between identity, location and the viewer’s perception Horn has made a new sculpture.

Horn has made a new sculpture for the north gallery. Consisting of a group of six to ten ethereal yet weighty pieces, this work is the first of Horn’s multi-part sculptures to be shown in the UK.

In the south gallery, Horn has created part two of a key work in her oeuvre: ‘You are the Weather’ (1994 – 1996). The new work, ‘You are the Weather, Part 2’, follows the same form as ‘You are the Weather’ and features the same model, 15 years later. The work consists of 100 photographs of a woman, situated in the hot springs and pools in Iceland. In each image, the woman’s facial expressions change with the changes in the weather conditions around her. As described by Horn in regards to ‘You are the Weather’, ‘The way this work is shot and installed, the viewer is voyeurised by the view. You are surrounded by a woman who is staring at you’.

In connection with ‘You are the Weather, Part 2’, Horn will publish ‘Haraldsdóttir, Part Two’. This publication is the 10th volume of ‘To Place’ – an ongoing series of artist’s books. It is related to ‘Haraldsdóttir’, which was first published in 1996, and presents in the work all the photographs from ‘You Are the Weather, Part 2’.

Opposite – You are the Weather, Part 2 (detail), 2010–2011

Exhibition runs from September 9th to October 22nd, 2011

Hauser & Wirth
23 Savile Row
London
W1S 2ET

www.hauserwirth.com

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GREG GOSSEL – NUMB

Posted on 2011-07-25

The concept behind the work featured in Numb is rooted in Gossel’s social commentary on the over-saturation of visuals and information in contemporary culture – the numbing effect that it has on our minds, and the desire it creates for us to deaden our senses further (in some cases with chemical substances).

Gossel explores the former through a series of heavily layered panels, covered in cultural ephemera, weathered away in areas to reveal high-end luxury logos and cultural symbols, and the latter though a collection of hard-edged mixed-media portraits of 20th century pop culture icons who have fallen victim to their own overblown, all-consuming celebrity: including Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Jimi Hendrix, among others. Money, fame and tragedy are overarching themes within the series.

Opposite – Obsession 1

Exhibition runs through to August 6th, 2011

941Geary
941 Geary Street
San Francisco
CA
94109

www.941geary.com

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