TIME MASTERS:
In 2009 Katharina Fengler and Linn Schröder began their collaboration as Time Masters with the installation Dilettanten der Zeit (Dilettantes of Time): "A short-term asylum for the dilettantes of time, who find calm – abandoned in accelerated space – only to be swept away by the signs which are not theirs." (Armin Digging in Zeitsetting, Hamburg 2009)
For the exhibition at Künstlerhaus Sootbörn these "signs which are not theirs" are re-inverted: the famous Lake of Dreams in Las Vegas becomes the installation Dream of Lake. The title which was originally a slip of the tongue, suggests that "Lake" does not mean any particular lake, but something incomprehensible through the logic of language; perhaps naming a blank space, a forgotten person, or a destination unknown to any map. This new installation by the two artists is a virtuosic interplay of different works, some of which evolved individually, others through collaboration. These works do not only attempt to reflect different creative processes, but also reflect different levels of awareness.
Linn Schröder’s photographs from the series To Bejewel create an eerie familiarity and remind us of scenes from a typical road movie, intertwining Alfred Hitchcock with Alice in Wonderland. They were photographed in Las Vegas, a city where one immediately loses any feeling for time and space. Katharina Fengler’s ink-blot drawings from the series Island of Kindness offer an hypnotic effect, suggesting archetypal forms but at the same time defying definition.
Those contributions contrast with the grotesque, large-format paintings that refer to movies like Suspiria (1977) or Get him to the Greek (2010). These new paintings are created by both artists working side-by-side in an experimental process. All works merge together in the exhibition to become one fantastic state of unease, arranged through artistic devotion – and should the visitors’ eyes wander down to the floor, perhaps they might witness mysterious puddles swelling from under the door and the radiator...
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«Dream of Lake», Kuenstlerhaus Sootbeorn, Hamburg, 2010
Installation views Dream of Lake, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, 2010
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
African Child, 2010
mixed media, 58.7 x 38.3 in (149 x 97,2 cm)
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Ich putz mir schon mal die Zähne
und wasch mir das Gesicht und dann mach
ich die Anti-Faltencreme ins Gesicht
die ich benutzen muss seit ich bei
American Apparel gearbeitet habe
, 2010
mixed media, 58.7 x 38.8 in (149 x 98,5 cm)
Linn Schröder
Untitled #08, from the series To Bejewel, 2009
C-Print, 41.3 x 33.9 in (105 x 86 cm)
Installation view
Katharina Fengler
Island of Kindness 20, 2010
ink on paper, 16.5 x 11.6 in (42 x 29,7 cm)
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Untitled, 2010
soda waterglass, dimensions variable
foreground:
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Campfire, 2010
wood, dimensions variable
background:
Linn Schröder
Untitled #06 & Untitled #02 from the series To Bejewel, 2009
C-Print, each: 41.3 x 33.9 in (105 x 86 cm)
Installation view
Katharina Fengler
Island of Kindness 35 & 40 (black series), 2010
ink on paper, each: 16.5 x 11.6 in (42 x 29,7 cm)
Linn Schröder
Untitled #01 from the series To Bejewel, 2009
C-Print, 41.3 x 33.9 in (105 x 86 cm)
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Smurf Cum, 2010
traffic blue wall paint, dimensions variable
Installation view
Installation view
Katharina Fengler
Island of Kindness 2, 2010
ink on paper, 16.5 x 11.6 in (42 x 29,7 cm)
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Smurf Cum, 2010
traffic blue wall paint, dimensions variable
Katharina Fengler
Island of Kindness 2, 2010
ink on paper, 16.5 x 11.6 in (42 x 29,7 cm)
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Untitled, 2010
soda waterglass, dimensions variable
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Smurf Cum, 2010
traffic blue wall paint, dimensions variable
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Engel befahlen, 2010
mixed media, 58.7 x 38.1 in (149 x 96,8 cm)
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Campfire, 2010
wood, dimensions variable
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
Untitled, 2010
dirt, dimensions variable
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
detail views: Engel befahlen, 2010
mixed media
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
detail views:
Ich putz mir schon mal die Zähne
und wasch mir das Gesicht und dann mach
ich die Anti-Faltencreme ins Gesicht
die ich benutzen muss seit ich bei
American Apparel gearbeitet habe
, 2010
mixed media
Linn Schröder & Katharina Fengler
detail views: African Child, 2010
mixed media
Katharina Fengler
Island of Kindness 1, 2010
ink on paper, 16.5 x 11.6 in (42 x 29,7 cm)