Dialogue, confrontation, similarities and differences – when works of art meet, relationships are formed. Sometimes they are harmonious, sometimes they are characterized by tension, but they always gain new facets through dialogue.
Galerie Anna25 is seeking this dialogue in the last exhibition of the year. The sculptures by Terence Carr are juxtaposed with works by very different artists. Where are parallels to be found, where do contrasts intensify?
The African influences are unmistakable in Carr’s works, the formal language is striking. As cheerful as the colorful sculptures appear, they are always ambiguous. Hedonism, criticism of consumerism, the fun society – all of this is hidden, almost camouflaged, under the colorful layer of paint.
Terence Carr is showing his new series “Women I know / knew” for the first time. He links individual female figures with short thoughts, creating a dialog not only within the work, but also in juxtaposition with the artworks of others. Holger Zimmermann’s collage unites beautiful moments that have been left to decay. In his work, memories are subjective wishes. Partly cheerful and colorful, partly gloomy, these memories are also the language of art. Carr’s memories of women play a very similar game.
Thomas Nitz’s haptic photographs, which are created with multiple exposures and manual processing of the background, perhaps form the greatest visual contrast, as Nitz’s pictures are in black and white, although parallels can be found in terms of content in the fast-moving consumer world.
Bernhard Paul’s textured works are just as closely linked to the production process as Carr’s artworks, even if the results are very different. Thai Ho Pham and Fabio Moro will also add new facets to the sculptures with their works. The bright colors and offensive motifs of both artists are striking, but they conceal depths that may only become apparent at second glance. Terence Carr’s world of motifs works in a similar way, as he likes to look behind the façade in his works.