Artists
Alicja Kwade Born in 1979 in Kattowitz, Poland |Lives and works in Berlin
Alicja Kwade’s photographs, sculptures, and video works cause one to marvel at the world and her objects. Kwade offers some surprises in the works titledState of Aggregation; for example, by seemingly canceling the physical attributes of materials in her fascinating and evocative installations.
The installation,Breakthrough Through Weakness(2011), is an example of Alicia Kwade’s fascination for the subject of “temporality.” A large variety of clock weights—small, large, brass and bronze, modern and historical—hang from the ceiling of the exhibition room. Freed from their clock cases, they span across the room in a vertical line and, drawn down by gravity, even appear to slide through the floor. The artist describes time not through movement but through a balance of forces in stasis. With a concentrated form of language, Kwade manages sensuously staged scenarios that open up into a striking world of ideas.
Education
1999-2005 | Studium der Bildenden Kunst, Universität der Künste, Berlin |
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2012 | Johann König, Berlin |
2011 |
ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany Villa Tokyo, Toyko Polnisches Institut, Berlin Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg Kunstverein Bremerhaven |
2010 |
Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster kestnergesellschaft, Hannover Museion at Peep-Hole, Mailand |
2009 |
Johann König, Berlin Galerie Christina Wilson, Kopenhagen |
2008 | Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum fĂĽr Gegenwart, Berlin |
Group exhibitions (selection)
2012 |
Goldrausch, Kunsthalle NĂĽrnberg, Germany Reisen in unbekannte Welten, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany |
2011 |
Berlin 2000 – 2011 Playing among the ruins, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Over Black black, Castello di Rivara– Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivara, Italien Abstrakt //// Skulptur, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin „__“ Vorübergehend unsichtbar, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main From Trash to Treasure, Kunsthalle Kiel Lake of Fire, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen Unsichtbare Schatten – Bilder der Verunsicherung, Marta Herford Die perfekte Ausstellung – oder warum eine solche nicht existiert, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany 380 – 750 nm, 401 contemporary, London |
2009 |
Kunst zwischen Spurensuche und Utopie, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin Like a Rolling Stone, Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland Black Hole, CCA, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain Spatial Works, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße 2009, Weserburg, Bremen, Germany |
2008 |
Threeallities, Galerie unosunove, Rom, Italy freunde und bekannte, Sparwasser H Q - Forum for contemporary art, Berlin Do You Have Expectations?, Wartesaal, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland |
2007 |
Auktion, NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein 10th Istanbul Biennale, IMC, Istanbul, Turkey Niveaualarm, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria |