Desire at King’s Leap

Artists: Claudia Lemke, John Neff, Evelyn Plaschg

Exhibition title: Desire

Curated by: Scherben

Venue: King’s Leap, New York, US

Date: July 14 – August 19, 2023

Photography: Stefany Lazar / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and King’s Leap, New York

Note: Text by Mark von Schlegell is available here

Curated by Scherben (Berlin, DE), the exhibition presents the work of Claudia Lemke, John Neff and Evelyn Plaschg. It brings together painting, photographs, and sculptures emphasizing the imaginative quality of psychic deformation. Gaston Bachelard, in his analysis of the imaginable, reminds us that our perception, memories, and even the products of our art are never in stable states. The exhibition is accompanied by a text, CRITICAL FANTASY, CONVEX DESIRE, by Mark von Schlegell.

Claudia Lemke lives and works in Berlin. Selected solo presentations include Sangt Hipolyt (Berlin, DE) and Berggut Oschatz (Oschatz, DE). Recent group exhibitions include Friart (Fribourg, CH), Tanya Leighton (Berlin, DE), and Jan Kaps (Cologne, DE).

John Neff lives and works in Chicago. Selected solo presentations include Regards (Chicago, IL), and The Renaissance Society (Chicago, IL). Recent group exhibitions include Gallery 400 (Chicago, IL), Artists Space (New York, NY), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL), The Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA), Donald Young Gallery (Chicago, IL), and Delmes & Zander (Cologne, DE). His work is in the collections of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

Evelyn Plaschg lives and works in Vienna. Selected solo and two-person presentations include Layr (Vienna, AT), Kunstverein Nürnberg (Nuremberg, DE), Tongewölbe T25 (Ingolstadt, DE), Galerie Kirchgasse (Steckborn, CH), Canopy, (Malmö, SE), Pina (Vienna, AT). Recent group exhibitions include Belvedere 21 (Vienna, AT), The Grand Chelsea (New York, NY), The Wig (Berlin), Kunstverein Eisenstadt (Eisenstadt, AT), Basel Social Club (Basel, CH), and Kunstverein Bremerhaven, (Bremerhaven, DE).

Evelyn Plaschg, Pocket (bright), 2023, pigment on paper, 35 x 59 inches, 88.9 x 149.86 cm

Claudia Lemke, Old Haystack, 2023, oil on canvas on wood, 27 x 29 inches, 68.58 x 73.66 cm

John Neff, Sleepy Professor, 2023, ES-106, Billy Wilder‘ Chaise 1 to 3 Modell, Headphones, Sound: Wind, 32 x 8 x 13 inches, dimensions variable, 81.28 x 20.32 x 33.02 cm, dimensions variable

John Neff, From 101, 2013 – 2020, silver gelatin print, frame, 7.75 x 9.75 inches, 19.68 x 24.77 cm, 18.5 x 14.5 inches, 46.99 x 36.83 cm

Evelyn Plaschg, Zipper, 2023, oil on canvas, 59.5 x 39 inches, 151.13 x 99.06 cm

Evelyn Plaschg, Seat, 2023, oil on canvas, 54 x 40 inches, 137.16 x 101.6 cm

Claudia Lemke, Wood for Woods, 2023, oil on canvas on panel, 28 x 33 inches, 71.12 x 83.82 cm

Claudia Lemke, The outside can’t get inside, 2023, oil on canvas on wood, 14.25 x 19 inches, 36.2 x 48.26 cm

John Neff, Untitled, 2004, digital print, glass, 10 x 7.25 inches, 25.4 x 18.41 cm, 14 x 11 inches, 35.56 x 27.94 cm

John Neff, 12/25/10, 2010 – 2013, coated archival inkjet print, Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper, 10 x 7.25 inches, 25.4 x 18.41 cm, 14 x 11 inches, 35.56 x 27.94 cm

John Neff, 4/18/11, 2010 – 2013, coated archival inkjet print, Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper, 10 x 7.25 inches, 25.4 x 18.41 cm, 14 x 11 inches, 35.56 x 27.94 cm

Evelyn Plaschg, Crotch II, 2023, oil on coated paper, 39 x 50 inches, 99.06 x 127 cm

Claudia Lemke, Collapse of Desire, 2023, oil on canvas on wood, 31.25 x 34 inches, 79.38 x 86.36 cm

John Neff, Dan Ferro Testing a Scanner (Negative and Exposure Glass), 2007, acetate, toner, and tape on glass with rolls of tape, 54.5 x 40.5 inches, 138.43 x 102.87 cm