Westwerk & GREEN IS GOLD presents The Ugly Ducklings |
Joshua Mittelman (US), Lisa Helstrøm Jørgensen (N)
Søren Hüttel (DK), Maj Hasager (DK), Ditte Knus Tønnesen (DK) Desmond Church (UK), Eric Wall (S/US), Kevin Malcolm (UK) Curated by Asle Lauvland Pettersen (N) There is a thin line between artistic perfection and total failure, the decision whether something is one or the other, lays completely in the hands of the creating artist. Only leaning to his artistic perception and intellect the decision to declare something for failed or not is taken. The Ugly Ducklings is based on artistic mistakes – les misérables – with all the abandoned and accursed faults, which normally never leaves the studio. The exhibition will, in spite of the artists imperfections, give the artworks and the artists brilliant intention a place in the sun. Since sometimes the impeccable perfection of an artwork could lead one away from the honest ground core of the work it self. On display is artworks as they are – as they were when given up on, for one to see the pure artistic intention, without the last finishing stroke of perfection, and rather praise the brilliance of good intention. The purity and authenticity in both the failed art work itself and in the story behind the work, is what creates the exhibitions narrative. Let us for once praise the artworks that was refused by its own creators. Welcome to the exhibition of improperly exposed photographs, malfunction installations, unfinished paintings and the story of the collapsed collaborations. Opening 15.05.15 at 19:00 Exhibitions period: 16.05 – 23.05.15 Opening times: Tuesday - Friday 16-19:00, Saturday 12-15:00 Westwerk Admiralitätstraße 74 20459 Hamburg Germany |
Die hässlichen Entlein
Eine Gruppenausstellung über künstlerische Unvollkommenheit und Geschichten über Unzulänglichkeit Zwischen künstlerischer Vollkommenheit und vollkommenem Misserfolg läuft eine dünne Linie: Die Entscheidung, ob etwas so sein sollte oder anders, liegt ausschließlich in der Hand des schaffenden Künstlers. Die Entscheidung, etwas für misslungen oder nicht zu erklären, überlässt man allein seiner künstlerischen Wahrnehmung und dem Intellekt. Die Ausstellung Die hässlichen Entlein ist aus künstlerischen Fehlern gewachsen – Les Misérables mit all den über Bord geworfenen und verfluchten Fehlern, Arbeiten die das Atelier normalerweise nie verlassen dürfen. Kuratiert von Asle Lauvland Pettersen, eingeladen von GREEN IS GOLD. Vernissage: Freitag 15.05.15, 19 Uhr Ausstellung: 16.05 – 23.05.15 Offnnungszeiten: Dienstag – Freitag 16 – 19 Uhr, Samstag 12 – 15 Uhr Westwerk Admiralitätstraße 74 20459 Hamburg |
Desmond Church (UK)
Ditte Knus Tønnesen (DK)
Eric Wall (S/US)
Kevin Malcolm (UK)
Maj Hasager (DK)
Joshua Mittelman (US)
Søren Hüttel (DK)
Lisa Helstrøm Jørgensen (N)
Photos by GREEN IS GOLD.
Photos by GREEN IS GOLD.