"Here We Stand, Lost in Wonder" Exhibition
Harris Lieberman
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Coming from very different points of departure, the two artists explore painterly notions of abstraction and gesture. Bernd Ribbeck's icon-like paintings seem as if in limbo between pure metaphysics and cool knowledge. His work looks simultaneously old and new, as from a different parallel history and right there in front of you.
Simon Dybbroe Møller's work depends on the logic of language to arrive at what could be described as an abstraction of thought. In this exhibition he uses Ribbeck’s work as a foil for his own, adding simultaneously creative and destructive impulses. His series of “chandeliers” combine a formalist sensibility with violent action while his Curtain for Neue Nationalgalerie (No more Moore), is a playful and humorous gesture where aesthetic, ornamental design
hypothetically negates the ubiquitous presence of Henry Moore’s institutional sculpture. Dybbroe Møller's 16mm film “Oh Spirit Duplicator, oh Moving Image (No more dry writing)“ is related to Ribbeck’s paintings and both artists’ interest in early abstract filmmaking.
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Schedule
from May 16, 2008 to July 18, 2008