29 Oct 2009

Bartha Contemporary: Beat Zoderer - Sourceless Field

Bartha Contemporary is delighted to present an exhibition of new works by Swiss artist Beat Zoderer.

The artist's second solo exhibition with the gallery entitled 'Sourceless Fields' will feature recent Eternit reliefs, sculptures as well as works on paper. Made since the artist 2008 solo-exhibition at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zürich, Switzerland.

In a recent article in Art World Magazine* Paul Carey-Kent remarked: '… Beat Zoderer combines everyday office, domestic and industrial materials in ways which are full of visual and conceptual surprises, so that what might be po-faced constructivism is undermined by playfulness. From a distance his wall-based works often look like abstract paintings, but they're not ...'

Zoderer recently rediscovered Eternit, a highly versatile concrete based fibre-cement material, now available asbestos free. Often used in construction the felt-like material is ideally suited to Zoderer's intuitive creative processes. It allows him to abandon colour for Eternit's inherent sumptuous grey tone and introduces highly tactile surfaces to Zoderer's work.

The 2009 recipient of the prestigious Aargauer Kulturpreis, lives and works close to Zürich. Zoderer;s work has been the subject of numerous Museum exhibitions across Europe, most recently these include the 2009 show at Museum Langmatt in Baden and 2008 at Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zürich. Over the past twelve months the artist has also completed a number of large-scale public and private commissions including a highly acclaimed installations at Art Unlimited – Art Basel as well as installation at the Merker-Areal Baden and for ZKB-Steinfels to name only a few.

For further information or to receive a reproduction quality images please contact Marie-Theres Reiher on 020 -7985 0015, info@barthacontemporary.com

Forthcoming Exhibitions:

Hartmut Böhm
PV December 3rd, Exhibition December 4th, 2009 until January 17th, 2010

Icons Of A Modern Age / Henrik Eiben, Clay Ketter, Mike Meiré, Beat Zoderer
Bartha Contemporary/Gallery N. von Bartha celebrates 10 years in London
PV January 21st Exhibition Jan 22nd until February 28th 2010


* Art World Magazine, Intl Edition - Summer 2009