Neugerriemschneider
(Berlin)
neugerriemschneider is pleased to present Andreas Eriksson’s first solo presentations in Japan, taking place at our booth (KM07) and at Kyoto’s Murin-an gardens (October 31 – November 3). Following his travels in Japan this spring and a summer of reflection in his studio in Sweden, Eriksson returns to Kyoto to paint a suite of works for the pair of presentations, bringing forth the results of his long-time connection to Japan and its cultural ideals.
At ACK, neugerriemschneider presents a group of works painted on board capturing Eriksson’s characteristic painterly approach. Developed from a close dialog with the nature of his native Sweden, his technique develops here, deftly incorporating the artistic legacies and environments of Japan. His dual cultural influences come to intertwine in tributes to traditional craft here, becoming means for self-reflection and grounds for contemplative use of color and composition – techniques the evoke Japanese theory around aesthetics such as wabi-sabi, or ikigai’s search for meaning.
The garden of Murin-an, built in the late 19th century, embodies its name’s allusion to tranquil seclusion. Created in conversation with these interiors, Eriksson’s paintings are presented in their tokonomas: niches for artworks such as kakemono hanging scrolls or ikebana flower arrangements. The paintings are complemented by groupings of recent sculptural work, the forms and materials of which further the artist’s engagement with Sweden’s natural life.
Gallery Information
neugerriemschneider was established by Tim Neuger and Burkhard Riemschneider in 1994 in Berlin. In its first two years, the gallery presented some of the first solo exhibitions of the then-little-known artists Olafur Eliasson, Sharon Lockhart, Michel Majerus, Jorge Pardo, Tobias Rehberger, Elizabeth Peyton and Rirkrit Tiravanija, who remain part of the program today. Steadily expanding over the past three decades, today neugerriemschneider also counts Ai Weiwei, Pawel Althamer, Thomas Bayrle, James Benning, Billy Childish, Keith Edmier, Cevdet Erek, Andreas Eriksson, Noa Eshkol, Mario García Torres, Isa Genzken, Shilpa Gupta, Thilo Heinzmann, Udomsak Krisanamis, Renata Lucas, Antje Majewski, Mike Nelson, Tomás Saraceno, Simon Starling, Thaddeus Strode and Pae White, as part of its program.
Locations
- Berlin
- Linienstraße 155
- Berlin
- Christinenstraße 18-19
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