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For ReMAP 3 Johann König, Berlin is pleased to present new paintings by Johannes Wohnseifer. The Colgne based artist investigates cultural phenomena and shifts of meaning using the mediums of sculpture, painting, collage, installation and film. In his current work the artist has also examined the significance of his personal past for his artistic practice, by incorporating objects and ephemera derived from his immediate surroundings. Subject matter is as varied as the announcements from contemporary galleries for upcoming exhibitions, deconstructed found texts, and cardboard paintings, recycling the refuse of exhibition making and studio practice. In Wohnseifer’s work pop-cultural phenomena and personal experience are consistently inextricably interwoven.
“A ‘personal system meeting a historical system’, Wohnseifer’s work warps our sense of historical memory, personalizing the un-personal into objects that he calls ‘time-traps’. It’s as if he has created an outlet for becoming a part of the spiraling gyres of history, by creating personal re-makes of it.”
(April Elizabeth Lamm, ArtReview)Johannes Wohnseifer (*1967, Cologne) has been presented by Johann König, Berlin; Casey Kaplan, New York; Almine Rech, Brussels; Gisela Capitain, Cologne, and Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid. Institutional solo exhibitions include Simultanhalle, Cologne (2011) and Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver (2007). His works have been included in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; The Drawing Center, New York,; Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg; Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Kunstwerke – KW, Berlin, and ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

Johannes Wohnseifer, Close Call (RAL 3020), 2007, powder coated aluminium, laser-cut, print on PVC, 140 x 100 cm 55 x 39 1/4 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Pseudonym, 2010, acrylic, lacquer on aluminium, 70 x 100 cm 27 1/2 x 39 1/4 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Couples, 2010, acrylic, lacquer on aluminium, 140 x 200 cm 55 x 78 3/4 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Die guten Toten, 2011, acrylic, lacquer on aluminium, seven parts, 50 x 70 cm 19 3/4 x 27 1/2 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Die guten Toten (detail), 2011, acrylic, lacquer on aluminium, seven parts, 50 x 70 cm 19 3/4 x 27 1/2 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Murder is Meat, 2008, acrylic, lacquer on MDF, 140 x 100 cm 55 x 39 1/4 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Customized Movie Poster on Cracked Grid, 2009, acrylic on MDF, 140 x 100 cm 55 x 39 1/4 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Pop Life, 2010, acrylic, lacquer, plastic bags on OSB plate, powder coated frame, 60 x 45 cm 23 1/2 x 17 3/4 in, 85 x 65 cm 33 1/2 x 25 1/2 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Bücher und Bomben, 2008, acrylic, lacquer on aluminium, 180 x 180 cm 70 3/4 x 70 3/4 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Behind the Stripes, 2004, acrylic on aluminium, 140 x 100 cm 55 x 39 1/4 in

Johannes Wohnseifer, Untitled, 2010, acrylic, lacquer on aluminium, 140 x 100 cm 55 x 39 1/4 in
Johannes Wohnseifer
43 Kerameikou, ground floor
Erin Somerville, Director
T: +49.30.2610 308-29
erin@johannkoenig.de
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Johann König, Berlin Dessauer Straße 6-7, 10963 Berlin
Johann Koenig, Berlin
Johannes Wohnseifer
For ReMAP 3 Johann König, Berlin is pleased to present new paintings by Johannes Wohnseifer. The Colgne based artist investigates cultural phenomena and shifts of meaning using the mediums of sculpture, painting, collage, installation and film. In his current work the artist has also examined the significance of his personal past for his artistic practice, by incorporating objects and ephemera derived from his immediate surroundings. Subject matter is as varied as the announcements from contemporary galleries for upcoming exhibitions, deconstructed found texts, and cardboard paintings, recycling the refuse of exhibition making and studio practice. In Wohnseifer’s work pop-cultural phenomena and personal experience are consistently inextricably interwoven.
“A ‘personal system meeting a historical system’, Wohnseifer’s work warps our sense of historical memory, personalizing the un-personal into objects that he calls ‘time-traps’. It’s as if he has created an outlet for becoming a part of the spiraling gyres of history, by creating personal re-makes of it.”
(April Elizabeth Lamm, ArtReview)
Johannes Wohnseifer (*1967, Cologne) has been presented by Johann König, Berlin; Casey Kaplan, New York; Almine Rech, Brussels; Gisela Capitain, Cologne, and Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid. Institutional solo exhibitions include Simultanhalle, Cologne (2011) and Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver (2007). His works have been included in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; The Drawing Center, New York,; Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg; Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Kunstwerke – KW, Berlin, and ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
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