'Ambivalent' The work of Maria Maier and Felix Weinold
Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York
February 17 - March 14, 2001
Monique Goldstrom Gallery presents "Ambivalent", a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Felix Weinold and Maria Maier.
Both from Germany, Maier and Weinold have joined artistic forces previous to the current exhibition, in "Taking Pictures" last year, in which they, similarly to their new show, elegantly combined painting, collage, and photography in a very unique and visually interesting way.
Maria Maier's work is primarily photographic, although the basis for each piece is a collage technique in which she combines painting as well. The special appeal of her artwork is the result of this combination of media and materials. The collages featured in this exhibition are from two of Maier's most recent series, "E-mission" and "Time-Symbioses" which although alike in technique have very different meanings. Some of the work that is part of the "E-mission"series features bits of painting and clippings of x-ray pictures. Other work is made up of photographs of electric cable and squarely cut radiograph contrastingly placed with pictures of old power-stations, focusing on their decay in an historical statement. Such a statement has become Maier's interest as is shown also in her "Time-Symbioses" series where she combines photos of disintegrating pipes, cables, and sockets, with discarded pieces of theatre scenery from the Velodrorn-Theatre in Regensburg, Germany. Her work has an original concept that is not only visually obvious, but allows the viewer to get a firm grasp on the statement she makes.
Felix Weinold also uses the combination of media and materials, once again specifically photography and painting, as a way of creating the multi-level meaning that is portrayed in his work. Dr. Thomas Elsen, Director of the Neue Galerie in Augsburg, Germany, explains Weinold's technique as: "a totally new, independent medium, which uses painterly means to put a new perspective on photography, and which 'undermines' painting with photographic methods. His pictures do not spell out explicit pictorial statements or messages, but at the same time they can raise all the more resonant questions in the viewerís mind, by far transcending the actual work and sparking off controversy, to which the work itself rigorously refuses to supply any answers; it just provides the initial and decisive stimulus." In this way Weinold's work and the work created by Maria Maier become a perfect compliment to each other and fall fittingly and fascinatingly into this exhibition called "Ambivalent".
Monique Goldstrom Gallery
560 Broadway (at Prince St.), Suite 303, NYC 10012
www.moniquegoldstrom.com
Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York
February 17 - March 14, 2001
Monique Goldstrom Gallery presents "Ambivalent", a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Felix Weinold and Maria Maier.
Both from Germany, Maier and Weinold have joined artistic forces previous to the current exhibition, in "Taking Pictures" last year, in which they, similarly to their new show, elegantly combined painting, collage, and photography in a very unique and visually interesting way.
Maria Maier's work is primarily photographic, although the basis for each piece is a collage technique in which she combines painting as well. The special appeal of her artwork is the result of this combination of media and materials. The collages featured in this exhibition are from two of Maier's most recent series, "E-mission" and "Time-Symbioses" which although alike in technique have very different meanings. Some of the work that is part of the "E-mission"series features bits of painting and clippings of x-ray pictures. Other work is made up of photographs of electric cable and squarely cut radiograph contrastingly placed with pictures of old power-stations, focusing on their decay in an historical statement. Such a statement has become Maier's interest as is shown also in her "Time-Symbioses" series where she combines photos of disintegrating pipes, cables, and sockets, with discarded pieces of theatre scenery from the Velodrorn-Theatre in Regensburg, Germany. Her work has an original concept that is not only visually obvious, but allows the viewer to get a firm grasp on the statement she makes.
Felix Weinold also uses the combination of media and materials, once again specifically photography and painting, as a way of creating the multi-level meaning that is portrayed in his work. Dr. Thomas Elsen, Director of the Neue Galerie in Augsburg, Germany, explains Weinold's technique as: "a totally new, independent medium, which uses painterly means to put a new perspective on photography, and which 'undermines' painting with photographic methods. His pictures do not spell out explicit pictorial statements or messages, but at the same time they can raise all the more resonant questions in the viewerís mind, by far transcending the actual work and sparking off controversy, to which the work itself rigorously refuses to supply any answers; it just provides the initial and decisive stimulus." In this way Weinold's work and the work created by Maria Maier become a perfect compliment to each other and fall fittingly and fascinatingly into this exhibition called "Ambivalent".
Monique Goldstrom Gallery
560 Broadway (at Prince St.), Suite 303, NYC 10012
www.moniquegoldstrom.com
