WHILE. BERND LOHAUS & NORA SCHULTZ
NORA SCHULTZ IS INVITED TO EXHIBIT TOGETHER WITH HER UNCLE. INITIALLY THOUGHT UP BEFORE LOHAUS’ PASSING IN 2010, THE EXHIBITION NOW ATTEMPTS TO PRESENT BERND LOHAUS’ WORK THROUGH THE WORK OF NORA SCHULTZ. HOW MUCH OF SCHULTZ’ WORK WILL HAVE ENDED UP IN LOHAUS’ (OR VICE VERSA) IS THE ‘WHAT’ OF THE EXHIBITION FOR EACH OF THE TWO ARTISTS — TURNING IT INTO A PRACTICE AND RELEASING IT AS ENERGY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, EACH OF LOHAUS’ SCULPTURES REMAINS UNFIXED, DEMANDING TO BE MADE ANEW AS AN ACT FOR EACH REITERANCE. THEY CALL TO EMBRACE WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF, AZOBÉ DRIFTWOOD, CARDBOARD OR BRONZE, TAPE,… OR LANGUAGE; AKTION DER VERBINDUNG, IMMER WIEDER.
QU’IMPORTE QUI PARLE, QUELQU’UN DIT QU’IMPORTE QUI PARLE.
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
VERSUCH — EINEN SATZ ZU SCHREIBEN.
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
VERSUCH — EINEN SATZ AUSZUSPRECHEN.
AGAIN AND AGAIN, LIFTING, SHIFTING, BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP IN TIME AND SPACE.
AGAIN AND AGAIN, NEGOTIATING THE WEIGHT THROUGH SPEECH ACT AND ACTION SCULPTURE. TAKING IT FROM BELOW, USING A WEDGE TO START, OR END WITH, IF NECESSARY.
JA.
THE EXHIBITION HAS BEEN MADE IN CLOSE DIALOGUE WITH AND ENDLESS SUPPORT OF ANNY DE DECKER, STELLA LOHAUS AND THE BERND LOHAUS FOUNDATION.