`Michael Sailstorfer: Head and Body`, Museum Kurhaus Kleve

Exhibition ‘Michael Sailstorfer: Head and
Body’, Museum Kurhaus Kleve
(28.09.2014 – 25.01.2015)
The sculptor and installation artist, Michael Sailstorfer (1979-), who lives in Berlin, is
regarded as one of the most important impulse-givers of his generation, working for
more than a decade on a nationally and internationally noted extension of the concept
of sculpture.
His work to date has been followed in North Rhine Westphalia with great interest
[„Clouds“ in the Kunstsammlung NRW in Düsseldorf (K20), „Hoher Besuch“ (VIP Visit)
in the Sculpture Park, „Schwarzwald“ in the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren,
„Pulheim gräbt“ (Pulheim digs), among others].
A special characteristic of his work consists in intermeshing everyday things and
materials with a new, often metaphysically ironic meaning. With this strategy of
perceptible switching between planes of reality he conceives himself, on the one
hand, in the line of succession from Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Beuys, distancing
himself, on the other, from their missionary consciousness through a programmatic
pragmatism.
Although Michael Sailstorfer can already point to an impressive series of solo and
group exhibitions in renowned institutions, as yet there has been no large
comprehensive exhibition of his work in a museum. The Museum Kurhaus Kleve wants
to remedy this desideratum by making its entire lower floor available to the artist,
developing together with him a stringent course through the labyrinth of his sculptural
problematics to date.
Of particular interest is the interpenetration of inside / outside and nature / sculpture
which is suggested both by the house's singular architecture and the specificity of the
works.
On the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum Kurhaus Kleve a new piece titled
Kopf und Körper (Mind and Body) (2014) was realized. It is based on the renderings of
a face that is reminiscent of Konrad Lorenz’ baby schema: a set of facial and body
features such as oversized head with big round eyes, little nose and chin which
function as cues for care. Sailstorfer defamiliarizes these stimuli with various means
such as the use of heavy, cast-iron elements transforming them from something cute
into something uncanny.
The exhibition is sponsored by
Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
www.mfkjks.nrw.de
Freundeskreis Museum Kurhaus und Koekkoek-Haus Kleve e.V.
www.freunde-klever-museen.de
With kind support from
Sparkasse Kleve – Premium Partner of the Museum Kurhaus Kleve
www.sparkasse-kleve.de
The Rilano Hotel Cleve City
www.rilano-hotel-kleve.de
WDR 3 – Cultural Partner of the Museum Kurhaus Kleve
www.wdr3.de
Press images: captions
Michael Sailstorfer, Cast of the surface of the dark side of the moon, 2005
Courtesy SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Michael Sailstorfer, Freedom Fries am Arbeitsplatz, 2013
Courtesy Johann König, Berlin
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Michael Sailstorfer, If I should die in a car crash it was meant to be a sculpture, 2011
Courtesy Johann König, Berlin
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Michael Sailstorfer, Maze 27, 2012
Courtesy Johann König, Berlin
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Michael Sailstorfer, Mückenhaus, 2012
Courtesy Johann König, Berlin
(Photo: Toni Ott)
Michael Sailstorfer, Ragdoll Boss, 2010
Privatsammlung
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Michael Sailstorfer, Reibungsverlust am Arbeitsplatz, 2013
Courtesy Johann König, Berlin, und Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Michael Sailstorfer, T 72 (sand), 2008
Sammlung Haus N, Kiel
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Michael Sailstorfer, Vollmond, 2009
Courtesy Johann König, Berlin
(Photo: Henning Krause)
Information
Michael Sailstorfer
Biography
1979 Born in Velden / Vils
Lives and works in Berlin / Germany
Education
2006 International Studio Program, office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo / Norway
2005 Villa Aurora Residency, Los Angeles / USA
2003-2004 MA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London / United Kingdom
1999-2005 Studies at the Academy of Arts, Munich / Germany
Awards
2012 Vattenfall Contemporary
2011 Kunstpreis junger westen
2008-2010 Scholarship of the Günther-Peill-Stiftung, Düren / Germany
2007 Preis der Dr. Franz- und Astrid-Ritter Stiftung, Straubing / Germany
2006 „ars viva“-Förderpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V.
Winner of the Dena Foundation art price for Contemporary Art, Paris
2003 Stipendium der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
2002 Preis der Darmstädter Sezession – Förderpreis der Christian Karl Schmidt Stiftung, Art
Forum Berlin – Ida-Wolff-Gedächtnispreis der Stadt München – A.T. Kearney Akademiepreis
der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich / Germany
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2014 „Antiherbst“, St. Agnes, Berlin / Germany;
„Every piece is a new problem“, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio / USA;
„Reibungsverlust am Arbeitsplatz“, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich / Switzerland;
2013 „Michael Sailstorfer: Young West“, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen /
Germany, in Kooperation mit Emscherkunst;
„Try to reach the goal without touching the walls“, Carbon 12, Dubai / Emirate Dubai;
„Freedom Fries am Arbeitsplatz“, Galerie Emmanuele Perrotin, Paris / France;
2012 „Hauptweg und Nebenwege“, Johann König, Berlin / Germany;
„Solarkatze“, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg / Austria;
„Josef Sailstorfer & Michael Sailstorfer“, Johann König, Berlin / Germany;
„Forst. Vattenfall Contemporary 2012“, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin / Germany;
„Tornado“, Public Art Fund, Central Park, New York / USA;
„Nettoyer La Forêt‘“, FRAC, Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen / France,
„Solarkatze“, Galleria Zero, Milan / Italy
2011 „I you should die in a car crash“, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen /
Germany;
„Für immer Strom“, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg / Germany;
„T 72“, Galleri K, Oslo / Norway;
„Raum und Zeit“, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent / Belgium;
„Clouds“, Modern Art, Oxford / United Kingdom;
„Description Sonar“, Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona / Spain
2010 „T 72“, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven / Germany;
„Michael Sailstorfer“, Goethe-Institut Moskau, Moscow / Russia;
„Forst“, kestnergesellschaft, Hannover / Germany;
„Knoten Wie Wolken“, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo / Brazil;
„Schwarzwald“, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren / Germany
2009 „backyardoutdoorsculptureseries #2: Wohnen mit Verkehrsanbindung“, Johann König,
Berlin / Germany;
„Michael Sailstorfer“, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin - Paris, Paris / France;
„Pulheim gräbt“, Pulheim / Germany;
„No light“, rosa-luxemburg-platz, Berlin / Germany
2008 „Michael Sailstorfer“, Johann König, Berlin / Germany;
„10 000 Steine“, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main / Germany;
„Mollstrasse“, Galleri K, Oslo / Norway
2007 „Wand Über Kopf, Sorry, we’re closed“, Sébastien & Rodolphe Janssen Project Space,
Bruxelles / Belgium;
„800M“, PARKHAUS im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf / Germany;
„U6, 14 Grad 34, 790N / 60 Grad 50, 969W“, Kasseler Kunstvereinsheim, Kassel / Germany;
„U1-U13“, Galleria Zero, Milan / Italy
2006 „Michael Sailstorfer“, Johann König, Berlin / Germany;
„High“, Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nürnberg / Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
2014 „War“, Mostyn Cymru, Llandudno / United Kingdom;
„Scheinwerfer. Lichtkunst in Deutschland im 21. Jahrhundert Teil 2“, Kunstmuseum Celle /
Germany; „Klöntal Triennale 2014. A place like this“, Kunsthaus Glarus / Switzerland;
„Arsenale der Gegenwart“, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam / Germany;
„Garage Paradise“, La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand / France;
„PAPERWORLDS. Kinder- und Jugendzeichnungen zeitgenössischer Künstler“, me collectors
room, Berlin / Germany
2013 „Emscher Kunst 2013“, Emscher Kunst, Essen / Germany;
„Back to Earth. Die Wiederentdeckung der Keramik in der Kunst“, Herbert-Gerisch Stiftung,
Neumünster / Germany;
„Novecento Mai Visto – Highlights from the Daimler Art Collection – From Albers to Warhol to
(now)“, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia / Italy;
„Disaster / The End Of Days“, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris / France;
„Goldrausch – Gegenwartskunst aus, mit oder über Gold“, Villa Merkel – Galerien der Stadt
Esslingen, Esslingen / Germany;
„Reframing The Ordinary – Lothringer13“, Städtische Kunsthalle München, Munich /
Germany;
„Herbert Hinteregger & Michael Sailstorfer“, Georg Kargl Fine Arts & Georg Kargl Box, Vienna
/ Austria;
„Daddy YOU can´t make a cactus ... this has been done!“, Grimmuseum, Berlin / Germany
2012 „Slg. Wilhelm Otto Nachf.“, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren / Germany;
„showroom II – Galerie Mirko Mayer“, m-projects, Cologne / Germany;
„Goldrausch“, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg / Germany;
„I Wish This Was A Song. Music in Contemporary Art“, The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo,
Oslo / Norway;
„Portfolio Berlin 2“, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock / Germany;
„From A to B – Group Show“, CCA Andratx, Andratx / Spain;
„Wie kommt das Neue in die Welt? – Neun internationale Bildhauer in Berlin“, Haus am
Waldsee – Der Ort internationaler Gegenwartskunst in Berlin, Berlin / Germany;
„Mobile immobile“, FRAC, Picardie, Amiens / France;
„Berlin.Status (1)“, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin / Germany;
„ATOUCHOFLIFE“, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main / Germany;
„Arrivi e Partenze Europa“, Fondo Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona / Italy;
„Die Dunkle Seite des Mondes“, Carbon 12, Dubai / Emirate Dubai;
„Group Exhibition“, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, NY / USA;
2011 „Kunstpreis junger westen 2011“, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen /
Germany;
„culture.climate“, Yaffo 23, Jerusalem / Israel;
„Werke aus der Sammlung MARTa“, Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Monschau, Monschau /
Germany;
„is that true? possibilities of (non-)knowledge“, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden / Germany;
„Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am“, Museum Tinguely, Basel / Switzerland;
„Wasser Straße Schiene Luft – Mobilität am Bodensee“, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen /
Germany;
„KölnSkulptur #6“, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne / Germany;
„HÖHENRAUSCH.2 – Brücken im Himmel“, OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz / Austria;
„Unwetter / Thunderstorm“, Ayala Museum, Makati City / The Philippines;
„informell natur“, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich / Germany;
„Under Destruction“, SI Swiss Institute, New York City, NY / USA;
„Echoes“, Centre culturel Suisse, Paris / France;
„Sculpture“, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, NY / USA;
„Light in Darkness“, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA / USA;
2010 „Trailer Park“, Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples / Italy;
„Review / Preview II“, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, Küsnacht / Switzerland;
„The Unbearable Lightness of Being“, Carbon 12, Dubai / Emirate Dubai;
„Alter Nature: We Can“, Z33, Hasselt / Belgium;
„SPHÈRES 2010“, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel / France;
„Under Destruction“, Museum Tinguely, Basel / Switzerland;
„From & T(w)o“, kunst Meran, Meran / Italy;
„Monumenty W PodrÓŻy“, Galeria Raster, Warsaw / Poland;
„Unsichtbare Schatten – Bilder der Verunsicherung“, MARTa Herford, Herford / Germany;
„About Us“, Johann König, Berlin / Germany;
„ART Biesenthal 2010“, Art Biesenthal, Biesenthal / Germany;
„E…R…O…D…E…R…E“, Märkisches Museum Witten, Witten / Germany;
„FischGrätenMelkStand“, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin / Germany;
„To the Elements! Aesthetic Phenomena of Climate Change“, Goethe-Institut Wyoming
Building, New York City, NY / USA;
„As Soon As Possible – Tempo e accelerazione sociale“, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea
Strozzina (CCCS), Florence / Italy;
„Starter Works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection“, ARTER – space
for art, Istanbul / Turkey;
„Unwetter“, Akademie der Künste, Berlin / Germany;
„Arrivals and Departures“, Fondo Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona / Italy;
2009 „Circus Hein“, FRAC, Centre, Orleans / France;
„Review / Preview“, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, Küsnacht / Switzerland;
„Tjorg Douglas Beer presents …“, Forgotten Bar, Berlin / Germany;
„Can Birds Fly?“, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main / Germany;
„cargo / cargo manifest / cargo vision“, Autocenter, Berlin / Germany;
Franks-Suss Collection, London / United Kingdom;
„The Secret Life of Objects“, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN / USA;
„cargo manifest“, Bayrische Staatsoper, Munich / Germany;
„Romantische Maschinen – Kinetische Kunst der Gegenwart“, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin /
Germany;
„Dank an“, Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin / Germany;
„The Quick and the Dead“, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN / USA;
„Interimperie“, Bienal al Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia / Argentina;
„KölnSkulptur 5“, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne / Germany;
„Paradies – Neue Blicke auf einen alten Traum“, Diözesanmuseum Freising, Freising /
Germany;
„Intempéries“, OCA, São Paulo, São Paulo / Brazil;
„Short Circuits – 7 European Artists“, Peter Blum Gallery, New York City, NY / USA;
2008 „Heavy Metal. Die unerklärliche Leichtigkeit eines Materials“, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel /
Germany;
„Archeology of Mind“, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa / Finland;
„Musical Paintings“, Aurel Scheibler / ScheiblerMitte, Berlin / Germany;
„Zeitblick – Ankäufe aus der Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland 1998–2008“, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin / Germany;
„Fabricateurs d’espaces“, IAC – Institut d‘art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes,
Villeurbanne / France;
„Disarming Matter“, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg / Sweden;
„Biacs 3“, BIACS – Fundación Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Sevilla
/ Spain;
„Archeology of Mind“, Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples / Italy;
„ARCHEOLOGY OF MIND“, Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö / Sweden;
„Kunsthalle Düsseldorf PARKHAUS“, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf / Germany;
„Walls in The Street“, Muzej savremene umetnosti Beograd, Belgrad / Serbia;
„L‘art Contemporain en Europe, Experience Pommery #5“, Domaine Pommery, Reims /
France;
„Kabul 3000 (Love among the cabbages)“, Zero, Milan / Italy;
„Ad Absurdum“, MARTa Herford, Herford / Germany;
„Ad Absurdum – Zeitgemäße Aperate“, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn / Germany;
„God is design“, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo / Brazil;
„Merkwürdige Maschinen“, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg / Germany;
„Pop! goes the weasel“, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe / Germany
Public and private collections (selection)
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Bruxelles / Belgium
Mark van Moerkerke, Ostende / The Netherlands
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris / France
Sammlung Boros, Berlin / Germany
Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren / Germany
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main / Germany
MARTa Herford, Herford / Germany
Stiftung Museum Modern Art Hünfeld – Sammlung Jürgen Blum, Hünfeld / Germany
Sabine DuMont Schütte, Cologne / Germany
Sammlung Goetz, Munich / Germany
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich / Germany
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples / Italy
Heinz Peter Hager, Bozen / Italy
Mariano Pichler Collection, Milan / Italy
My Private, Milan / Italy
Paolo Kind, London / United Kingdom
Jerry Speyer, New York / USA
Steven Cohen, New York / USA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis / USA
Exhibition ‘Michael Sailstorfer: Head and
Body’, Museum Kurhaus Kleve
(28.09.2014 – 25.01.2015)
Education
Public tours
During the exhibition, „Michael Sailstorfer: Head and Body“ (up to and including 25.01.2015)
there is every Sunday 11.30 am a public guided tour (about 1 hour). Participation is free, preregistration is not required. Separate tours can be booked for a fee (please see
www.museumkurhaus.de and „Museumspädagogik“).
Workshops & studios
Whether through drawing, painting or building – the exhibition „Michael Sailstorfer: Head and
Body“ is creatively treated in the workshops for children and adolescents (every Saturday 1113 o‘clock, 8 € per person) and in the studios for adults (every second Saturday of the month
14-16 o‘clock; 12,50 € per person). For further information please see
www.museumkurhaus.de and „Museumspädagogik“.
Audio-Guides
For „Michael Sailstorfer: Head and Body“ are about two weeks after the opening audio guided
tours in German available, that give in short approx. three minute reports a lot of informations
about the exhibition and the works (Rental fee: 2 €).
Exhibition ‘Michael Sailstorfer: Head and
Body’, Museum Kurhaus Kleve
(28.09.2014 – 25.01.2015)
Opening times
Tuesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm
(and on all holidays except 24, 25 and 31/12 and 1/1 and Carnival Monday)
Entrance
Temporary exhibition including collections
- Adults 7 € per person
- Reduced (students, disabled and military duty) 4.50 €
- Groups of 15 persons, per person 5.50 €
- Reduced groups of 15 people, per person 3.50 €
- Family ticket (2 adults and all children under 18 years) 14 €
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