Bernd Krauß / Moment IV : Post Solar
1 June – 31 August 2018
Shimmer
Waalhaven Oostzijde 1
3087 BM Rotterdam
The Netherlands
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Bernd Krauß, Oude
Binnenweg KAMPIOEN ca.1920, 2017, tropical wood carved and carpentered, dimensions variable. |
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Bernd Krauß, Oude
Binnenweg KAMPIOEN ca.1920, 2017, tropical wood carved and carpentered, dimensions variable. |
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Bernd Krauß, Oude
Binnenweg KAMPIOEN ca.1920, 2017, tropical wood carved and carpentered, dimensions variable. |
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Ruth Buchanan, Staunch In
and break break break, chain curtain, 2018 |
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Installation view
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Bernd Krauß,
Solar-Panel 2, spray paint on glass frame, 2018, 70cm x 90cm
Bernd Krauß,
Mudeungsan, perforated colour paper, upholstery pins, 2016, dimensions variable
Bernd Krauß,
Shells, mixed media on self-drying clay shelves, 2015, dimensions variable
Bernd Krauß, Boney
Ass, soapstone, 2016, 24cm x 18cm x 9cm |
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Bernd Krauß, Boney
Ass, soapstone, 2016, 24cm x 18cm x 9cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
Shells, mixed media on self-drying clay shelves, 2015, dimensions |
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Bernd Krauß,
Shells, mixed media on self-drying clay shelves, 2015, dimensions |
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Bernd Krauß,
Drawing Centre, selection of drawings, 2014-2018, dimensions variable |
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Bernd Krauß,
Drawing Centre, selection of drawings, 2014-2018, dimensions variable |
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Bernd Krauß,
Wurst-Zipfel, whittled willow branches, preserved sausage ends, 2018, dimensions variable |
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Bernd Krauß,
Wurst-Zipfel, whittled willow branches, preserved sausage ends, 2018, dimensions variable. Ruth Buchanan, Staunch In and break break break, chain curtain, 2018 |
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Bernd Krauß,
Wurst-Zipfel, whittled willow branches, preserved sausage ends, 2018, dimensions variable Ruth Buchanan, Staunch In and break break break, chain curtain, 2018 |
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Bernd Krauß,
Solar-Panel A, 2018, Spray paint on aluminium flip frame, 40cm x 50cm
Bernd Krauß, Schol
Schotel, 2018, Spray paint on glass, 50×60cm
Bernd Krauß,
Parcours d’Hiver, whittled juniper wood, 2016 |
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Bernd Krauß,
Parcours d’Hiver, whittled juniper wood, 2016 |
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Bernd Krauß, Bjorn
Borg, wooden sculpture, 2013, 97cm x 19cm x 25cm
Bernd Krauß,
Solar-Panel 1, spray paint on foam core, 2018, 80cm x 120cm
Bernd Krauß,
Dyson, whittled apple wood, stone, hair tie, 2017
Bernd Krauß, Stål
Sigge, welded aluminium & steel, 2017 |
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Bernd Krauß, Dyson,
whittled apple wood, stone, hair tie, 2017
Bernd Krauß, Stål
Sigge, welded aluminium & steel, 2017 |
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Bernd Krauß, Bjorn
Borg, wooden sculpture, 2013, 97cm x 19cm x 25cm
Bernd Krauß,
Solar-Panel 1, spray paint on foam core, 2018, 80cm x 120cm
Bernd Krauß,
Dyson, whittled apple wood, stone, hair tie, 2017
Bernd Krauß, Stål
Sigge, welded aluminium & steel, 2017 |
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Bernd Krauß, Bjorn
Borg, wooden sculpture, 2013, 97cm x 19cm x 25cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
T.U.N.,Watercolour on paper block, 2015, 24cm x 32cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
T.U.N.,Watercolour on paper block, 2015, 24cm x 32cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
T.U.N.,Watercolour on paper block, 2015, 24cm x 32cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
Burgerbos, selection of homegrown and store-bought plants, 2018, dimensions variable
Bernd Krauß, Great
Egret Charmer, Gasbeton, 2013, 102cm x 15cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
Burgerbos, selection of homegrown and store-bought plants, 2018, dimensions variable
Bernd Krauß, Great
Egret Charmer, Gasbeton, 2013, 102cm x 15cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
Burgerbos, selection of homegrown and store-bought plants, 2018, dimensions variable
Bernd Krauß, Great
Egret Charmer, Gasbeton, 2013, 102cm x 15cm |
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Bernd Krauß,
Burgerbos, selection of homegrown and store-bought plants, 2018, dimensions variable
Bernd Krauß, Great
Egret Charmer, Gasbeton, 2013, 102cm x 15cm |
with energy, MOMENT IV: POST-SOLAR with Bernd Krauß moves out of
Shimmer to heatedly observe a new carbon offset scheme whereby consumers
neutralise their meat intake by purchasing a tree. According to the
green energy plan, the trees are planted in foreign countries on behalf
of the diner. Bernd intends to reverse the procedure by installing
plants grown by himself on the edge of the former petroleum harbour in
South Rotterdam based on his meat consumption. If a forest can grow from
the eating of a burger, cannot a social space be created from other
phenomena?
Bernd’s artworks give a sidelong glance at the
actions of feel-good carbon offset schemes by side-stepping global
industry and green marketing. Transplanted in Shimmer, are paintings and
sculptures as well as reclaimed textiles hung on a pre-WW2 handrail
from a Rotterdam apartment made from ‘exotic’ wood. MOMENT IV:
POST-SOLAR with Bernd Krauß shows our self-congratulatory position of
personal and corporate social responsibility by cultivating Shimmer and
its surrounds with materials that speak of more than single moments.
Bernd’s practice ranges from painting, drawing and sculpture to video, photography, printing, performance and theater.
His use of formats not specific to art and his preference for daily
forms of action is characteristic of his work as much as the distance he
consciously keeps to the type of expert artists, who, by repetition
attain mastery in their specific technique and spread it throughout the
art system. In his multi-formatted installations, casually set gestures
and an unconventional formalism condense into unpredictable spaces of
projection. Remaining in Shimmer is Ruth Buchanan’s Staunch, IN and
break, break, break (2018) in a new form.
BERND KRAU
ẞ hasparticipated in numerous solo and group shows including ‘Gaudiopolis –
Attempts at a Joyful Society’ currently on view at the Leipzig Museum of
Contemporary Art as well as the 11th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea in
2016. His solo retrospective exhibition ‘Das ist heute Möglich,’ opened
at the Kunstverein Cologne in 2012, and his solo exhibition ‘We Continue
BBDG’ opened at the Tensta Konsthall in Sweden in 2013. Krauß has been
the recipient of grants and residencies, including at Bard College, NY;
IASPIS, Stockholm; and Künstlerhäuser Worpswede. He earned his Diploma
(MA) from the University of Hildesheim in 1996 in Applied Cultural
Science and Practical Aesthetics. Krauß is editor-in-chief of his daily
publication Der Riecher.
In the intersection of Waalhaven and
Charlois, SHIMMER is an exhibition space that operates with an
ever-changing studio-like mentality where knowledge arises through
participation and experimentation. Alongside the exhibitions are
platforms such as the events program Sunday Mornings and the online
mixtape On the Waves, to move into personal and public space. Shimmer is
co-initiated by Eloise Sweetman and Jason Hendrik Hansma