25.03.2014 – 11.05.2014

unfix. - Elisabeth Sonneck, Ka Bomhardt

Opening on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 8:00 PM with Dr. Ursula Ströbele, art historian, UdK Berlin, and Kathleen Krenzlin, director of Galerie Parterre Berlin

“The activation of a place, the action within and with it, creates space, as seen in the gestures and markings of Ka Bomhardt and Elisabeth Sonneck in their exhibition ‘UNFIX.’ Like a ménage à trois, a triangular relationship unfolds in the Berlin Galerie Parterre between the artistic works and the spatial conditions, fostering a dialogue with an open outcome. Driven by their curiosity about the architectural structure, the ‘inventory’ and conceptual considerations take place (only) on site. The title can be understood on two levels: on one hand, the conversation, the critical engagement of the artists within the exhibition situation regarding their different approaches to space; on the other hand, the attempt to intertwine both positions, despite emphasizing their differences, with their temporary enclosure. In an evoked subjectivization of each work—be it an image or a sculptural installation—the material speaks for itself through its color and surface texture.

In doing so, it addresses its counterpart and challenges specific perceptual impulses.”
(Ursula Ströbele in Kunstblatt for the exhibition)

Elisabeth Sonneck

Born in 1962 in Bünde, she studied from 1984 to 1988 at the FH für Kunst, Ottersberg, and lives and works in Berlin; she has had numerous exhibitions and site-specific works both nationally and internationally, including in 2013 at the Georg Kolbe Museum, galerie weißer elefant, Mies van der Rohe Haus in Berlin; Otterndorf, Museum of Non-Objective Art; Budapest / H. Vasarely Museum; further information: www.elisabeth-sonneck.de

Ka Bomhardt

Born in 1962 in Hamburg, he studied from 1983 to 1990 at the HdK Berlin, and lives and works in Berlin; he has had numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including in Bilbao at Galerie Vanguardia; Karlsruhe at Galerie Großkinsky & Brümmer; Munich at Galerie Heitsch and Haus der Kunst; Berlin at Galerie Inga Kondeyne, Haus am Lützowplatz, Kunstverein Tiergarten, and Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; Friedrichshafen, Kunstverein; Dresden, Kunsthaus Raskolnikow; further information: www.kabomhardt.de

Fig. Invitation ritardando • 2008 • Detail, oil on acrylic glass, total of 55 panels, offset dimensions corresponding to tiles, Neue Kammern Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam (Photo: F. Weiß)
© Elisabeth Sonneck