Artists: Nicole Baginski, Ivan Geddert, Ulrike Grewe, Okka-Esther Hungerbühler, Lea Stein, Lily van der Stokker, Martina Stoffel, Robert Trutnau, Juewen Zhang
Exhibition title: Soo viele hmmmm
Curated by: Camillo Grewe
Venue: Lore Deutz, Cologne, Germany
Date: July 5 – August 11, 2024
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Lore Deutz, Cologne
The exhibition “Soo viele hmmmm” brings together nine positions and aims to create a communication space in which the works enter into contact like interlocutors with different motivations. In a quiet and sometimes noisy gathering, the exhibited works negotiate issues that arise in the encounter. Emotional involvement, craftsmanship and conceptual orientation all play different roles.
The video by Lea Stein, which lends its title to the exhibition, shows variations of the same figure communicating with each other by saying “hmmm”. Just like these figures, “hmmm”’s can also differ significantly depending on their tone of voice despite their basic similarity: skeptical, enthusiastic, enthusiastic, approving, indifferent, surprised, thoughtful, disappointed.
“Soo viele hmmmm” is an inclusive exhibition project and aims to challenge a broad spectrum of ‘hmmm ’s, to reflect on established habits of judgment and assert art as something that exists unconditionally.
– Text by Camillo Grewe
Soo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneRobert Trutnau, Konzert, 2021, oil on canvasSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneJuewen Zhang, Vans, 2023, charcoal on paper and twineJuewen Zhang, untitled (2022) and Magali (2023), charcoal on paperIvan Geddert, untitled, 2024, mixed mediaSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneIvan Geddert, untitled, 2024, mixed mediaSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneUlrike Grewe, Besuch der Queen, 2024, acrylics on calendarUlrike Grewe, untitled, 2024, watercolor and colored pencils on paperUlrike Grewe, 1943 (2020) and Uns ging es nicht gut (2021), mixed media on paperMartina Stoffel, Kälber- und Schweinetränken, 2019-2020, glazed ceramicsSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneMartina Stoffel, Toiletten, 2023-2024, glazed ceramicsMartina Stoffel, Erwachsenentoilette mit Kinderaufsatz, 2023, glazed ceramicSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneOkka-Esther Hungerbühler; Andrea und andere(2024); Nachhauseweg(2019), Gans(2022)Soo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneLea Stein, puppets and videos, 2022-2024Soo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneOkka-Esther Hungerbühler, Andrea und andere, 2024, stroller, plant pot, papermaché and fabricLily van der Stokker, Some nonsense, 1993, acylics and stuffed garbage bagsSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneIvan Geddert, untitled, 2024, wood, painted bronzeSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneUlrike Grewe, Ende der Spielzeit, 2020, mixed media on photographySoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneRobert Trutnau, Büro im Kunsthaus, 2019, felt pen on paperSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneLea Stein, Keith Haring Smurfs and Keith Haring Twins Smurfs, 2022, pencil and markers on paperSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, CologneSoo viele hmmmm, 2024, exhibition view, Lore Deutz, Cologne
