09 Sep 2014

The Symmetry of Water at Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna

THE SYMMETRY OF WATER
Exhibition: September 11 – October 25, 2014

Opening: 10. September 2014, 7 pm
8 pm, »The Time it takes to whip an Egg«
Performance by Ulrika Segerberg, with Ulrika Segerberg, Sonja Schmiedlehner – Riedl and Claudia Hitzenberger

Participating artists: Mariola Groener, Ada Van Hoorebeke, Kristine Hymøller, Katrin Plavcak, Kirstin Rogge, Ulrika Segerberg, Letizia Werth

Under the title THE SYMMETRY OF WATER, seven artists from Vienna, Berlin, and Copenhagen come together to explore the phenomenon of the surreal in different manners. It has less to do with a surrealism that explores psychological depths, rather a formal surrealism that deals with the migration of forms. Deep water as a metaphor for the unconscious and the subconscious represents the connecting element between the individual works. The exhibition will bring these artistic positions together through painting, object art, collage, assemblage, and performance, causing a friction through the similarity in the topic on hand – a friction that generates a tension, like René Magritte's notion of resembling objects and their exchangeable ascriptions.

Dates:

Fri 24.10., 1–4 pm & Sat 25.10., 11 am–1 pm
»batik your own bandana with urine and indigo«
Workshop with Ada Van Hoorebeke (Registration required)

Fri 24.10., 4.30 pm, Guided Tour with Ada Van Hoorebeke and Katrin Plavčak
5 pm Finissage Drink