Ulrich Gebert
Typus (tableau 9)
2005
C-prints, framed, museum glass
170 x 150 cm
67" x 59"
Edition of 3, plus 1 AP
Ulrich Gebert
List of Invalid Names
2005
Silkscreen
Ulrich Gebert
Life among beasts H
2009
4 silver gelatin prints mounted on aluminum
146 x 164 cm
57.5" x 64.5"
Edition of 3, plus 1 AP
Ulrich Gebert
Dobermann
2009
Silver-gelatin-print mounted on aluminum
40 x 31 cm, 15.75" x 12"
Edition of 5, plus 1 AP |
For Immediate Release December 31, 2009
Ulrich Gebert
This Much Is Certain
Jan 8 - Feb 13, 2010
Opening: Friday, Jan 8, 6-8
Gallery Hours:
Tues. - Sat. 11-6 PM
Winkleman Gallery is very pleased to inaugurate our new location with This Much Is Certain, the first New York solo exhibition by German conceptual photographer Ulrich Gebert. With selections from two series of his image-cycles, Typus (2005) and Life among beasts (2009), This Much Is Certain serves as an introduction to Gebert’s work in which he examines explosive topics—such as racism and power structures—via unspectacular motifs presented in quasi-scientific and sometimes unsettlingly humorous arrangements.
In each of the three tableaus from the Typus series, for example, Gebert presents six to seven photographs of coniferous trees ordered by species. Photographed by trekking to remote botanical gardens and parks, often retracing the steps of 19th century scientists, the Typus tableaus are juxtaposed with a “List of Invalid Names”: a list of Latin terms that are no longer in use, making the reconciliation of competing names a difficult process and shattering the fantasies of their original christenings toward an authoritative ordering of nature. In doing so, Gebert also alludes to the darker side of cataloging nature, specifically with regards to totalitarian categorizations of humans.
Similarly, in the Life among beasts series, Gebert presents tableaus of two to five cropped photographs of humans physically interacting with animals. The results are both disturbing and awkwardly tender. New unusual creatures are suggested through the compositions, as impressions of brutality are counterbalanced with an almost absurd humor. Here again, the crisp aesthetics of the presentation suggest a fantasy of order that is undercut by closer consideration.
Ulrich Gebert was born in Munich and lives and works in Munich and Leipzig. He received his Masters in Photography at Royal College of Art, London, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art and with Timm Rautert at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at KLEMM’S in Berlin; a group exhibition at project space 176/Zabludowicz Collection, London; and exhibitions at the Kunstverein Hildesheim, the University of Salamanca, and the Pfaffenhofer Kunstverein.
For more information, please contact Edward
Winkleman at 212.643.3152 or info@winkleman.com
Winkleman Gallery
621 West 27th Street (NEW LOCATION)
New York, NY 10001
t: 212.643.3152
www.winkleman.com
Winkleman Gallery is very pleased to announce the inaugural project in the Curatorial Research Lab (CRLab)
Read-Only-Memory
Organized by Stamatina Gregory
Jan 8 - Feb 13, 2010
Opening: Friday, Jan 8, 6-8
Read-Only-Memory brings together works by Anthony Campuzano, Graham Dolphin, and Molly Larkey,
all of which incorporate acts of analogue transcription. Characterized
by the meticulous, almost devotional labor of recreating found,
journalistic, pop, or literary texts, these works stand as extreme acts
of obsolete protocol, investigating the lapses of time and information
between reading, writing, and reception.
Independent curator Stamatina Gregory recently completed the Whitney Lauder Curatorial Fellowship at the ICA in Philadelphia and curated a large group exhibition of contemporary photography at the FLAG Art Foundation. She is also a doctoral candidate at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
Visit the CRLab website to learn more. |
